Delores A. Brown - Founder and CEO

Delores A. Brown has over 37 years of experience in the private and nonprofit sector in the field of planning and development for Affordable Housing, mix-use, childcare and youth facilities banking/financial administration, specializing community and economic development, organizational development, fund development, financing and project management, Delores also has more than 20 years of experience in advocating for and supporting public-private partnerships (P3s) at the federal, state and local levels.

Principal lines of Business: Ms. Brown provides technical expertise and strategic thought leadership to non-profits organizations, government agencies and community developers working to facilitate change by utilization of a cadre of funding mechanisms to include Opportunity Zone, Housing Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits and other sources of financing. Ms. Brown attended CSU Northridge and the University of Southern California majoring in business administration and the Institute of Financial Education for banking operations and finance.

Since 2017 Ms. Brown as a Co-Developer collaborative partner with Clearinghouse CDFI is at the for front of building capacity of both Jurisdictions, Private investment, Corporations and Community Organizations on the benefits of the Opportunity Zones on a local and national basis.  This knowledge includes deal structure of housing and community development in addition to aligning the communities’ vision with investment capital.

Ms. Brown also directs The Center for Social Enterprise, a division of the non-profit 501c3 Community Economic Development Corporation (CEDC), is an intermediary providing capacity building technical assistance to non-profit and government agencies fostering housing, economic development and social services in underserved communities within Counties of Los Angeles and Fresno, California and the Cities of Atlanta Georgia and New Orleans Louisiana. Working in partnership with scholars, economists, political representatives, business executives and non-profit industry leaders, the center offers its services through a series of symposiums and workshops designed to provide capacity development at every organizational level.

In the past Ms. Brown has served in the capacity of Vice President in the Banking field acquiring new branch facilities, President, Executive Director, and Director of Development for several non-profit agencies and President of a successful community evelopment-consulting firm. Ms. Brown has maintained long term client relationships with several prominent non-profit organizations. Ms. Brown was also one of the first graduates of the USC Lusk Minority Real estate Development Programs Ms. Brown has raised over $80 million dollars for nonprofit organizations.   The work also included creation and implementations of  The Affordable Housing Recapture Initiative (TAHRI) to facilitate the acquisition and resale of distressed properties from Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo.  The TAHRI program was developed as part of our strategy to mitigate and reduce the number of vacant and abandoned properties, reduce the absorption period for sales of foreclosed properties, and stabilize home values in target neighborhoods.  To date 100 homes with a retail value of $6.5 million have been rehabbed and sold to First-time buyers in under-served communities across California.

Ms. Brown currently serves as a board member of the Clearinghouse CDFI New Markets Tax Credit Committee representing Los Angeles County, Money 360 Community Advisory Board and board member of Resources for Infant Educators.

Todd Zeile - Co-Founder

Todd Zeile retired from the NY Mets following the 2004 season, ending a 16 year career in Major league Baseball as on of the few players to compile more than 250 home run hits, 2,000 hits and 1,000 RBIs. Todd is also an entrepreneur, with financial interests and operational experience in Aviation (Aviation Consultants Inc. and San Luis Jet Center) & Real Estate Development. During his career and in retirement, Todd has shared his passion for helping children with organizations such as The Special Olympics, as well as a very personal commitment to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

When not fighting Diabetes, Todd pursued his passion for motion pictures and television with small roles in front of the camera in such shows as Arli$$, Saturday Night Live, Kings of Queens, The Restaurant and his own Fox Sports segment, title “Todd TV”. Most recently, Todd was a creator and Co-Executive Producer of Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management for FX.

Since 2013, Todd has continued to build his community involvement with his partnership in CEDC, focusing on stabilizing neighborhoods with housing initiatives designed to provide opportunities for first time home buyers, as well as affordable options for the mentally disabled, homeless and the veterans population. Todd splits time in NY, where he works with the Mets and SNY as a studio analyst, and San Juan Capistrano.

Marcelo Di Mauro Esq. - Chief Legal Officer - Corporate Legal Counsel

"Marcelo Di Mauro Esq. is a California Licensed Civil Rights and Corporate Attorney specifically dealing with Real Estate Law, Family Law, Children and disability rights. Mr. Di Mauro has been with the Family Preservation program in Los Angeles County since January 2001. He has worked within the program as a Program Director, ensuring the adequate implementation of the grant. Previously, Mr. Di Mauro was a Police Officer in the Los Angeles area, involved in the investigation of general crimes, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect cases, Gangs and Narcotics. Currently, He provides legal counsel to IMHP in the area of risk management as their general corporate counsel while ensuring all programs‘ contractual adhesion. Mr. Di Mauro’s education includes a BA Degree in Sociology and a Juris Doctorate of law degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a concentration of Public Interest in Law, along with extensive experience in litigation protecting the rights of immigrants, parents and children.

Daniel K. Tabor - Political Lobbying and Advocacy Director

Daniel “Danny" K. Tabor has a long distinguished career of public and private service, to his community and his country. A former City Councilman, he was elected Mayor in a special unexpired term election in August of 2010 and served as Mayor until February 2011. After leaving office Daniel re-opened his community development consulting business Rising Star Hospitality Group, helping small businesses, labor unions, not for profit and for profit corporations achieve sustainable community impacts, build brand support and improve local economic benefits. A Social Justice technocratic, Daniel has organized and managed Juvenile Diversion Programs in the 70’s, Promoted Remediation and Restitution programs in the LA County Superior Courts in the 80’s, developed & managed a Child Care Facility Finance program for LA County in the 90’s, negotiated Community Benefit Agreements in the early 2000’s and is a co-facilitator with Re-Entry Corps.

From 1993 to 1996 Mr. Tabor served as the Southern California Liaison for the Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Commerce. Secretary Ronald H. Brown sought Mr. Tabor’s assistance in carrying out President Clinton’s request to direct federal efforts to assist the economic recovery of the State of California. Working with business leaders and local elected officials to analyze economic trends and develop business recovery strategies requires both socio- economic insights and skillful political collaboration. He brought to the position, twelve years of public policy development and community planning, as a Inglewood City Councilman, eight of those years as a member of the Board of Directors of the League of California Cities, where he chaired the Community, Housing and Economic Development Committee. Four years on the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities, two years as chairma of the Community and Economic Development Committee. One year as the President of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO). And more than 30 years of public advocacy and action on African, African American and Carribbean Economic Development and Human Rights. The lasting legacy of his work with Secretary Brown is opening and expansion of International Trade offices in California, the JobLinks Program which is part of FEMA’s disaster response and the Tele-medicine project of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and Carmelitos Public Housing Development of the County of Los Angeles.

Lionel Max Pasamonte - Marketing Director

As a partner in a dynamic product development technology group called Celeritas186 Lionel brings a unique and impactful wealth of experience spearheading CEDC's proptech strategies and implementation.

Lionel currently is in his 5th year as an E.I.R. (Entrepreneur in Residence) with CEDC and IMHP. He is a managing partner in several of the IMHP programs including, FUN DMC: Digital, Media and Coding for Teens, Center for Social Enterprise: providing capacity building technical assistance to existing and emerging non-profits and government agencies fostering housing , economic development and social services in underserved communities and LIF*E: Los Angeles Institute of Film &* Digital Media Education, which maximizes the power of all media as an educational force in the lives of youth through innovative programming and partnerships that benefit our greater community.

With over 25 years in media production, and over 20 years as a union member of the DGA (Directors’ Guild of America). Lionel has directed and produced multi-camera variety and sports events for MTV, Nickelodeon, Fox, DreamWorks, Microsoft, and Billboard among others. He was the Executive Producer of MUN2, the NBC/Telemundo owned Latino LifeStyle & Music channel during its re-branding and national network launch.

Joseph Richards - Chief Financial Officer - Accounting Director

Joseph Richards, Jr. is a highly experienced Business Professional. Joseph attended California State University Los Angeles, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration / Accounting. He received a Master of Arts degree from California State University Dominquez Hills in Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding. Joseph has worked in business for over forty-two years; eight years in financial institutions and over thirty years in school business, serving as an Interim Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and a Director of Budget and Finance. He has been the Chief Business Official for organizations with budgets that exceed two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000), led the building and modernization of several schools, negotiated the sale and purchase of multi-million dollar developed and undeveloped school and business properties, served as the chief labor negotiator and has negotiated over forty (40) bargaining unit agreements.

Joseph is a firm believer in giving back to his community. Over the years, he has coached youth soccer, basketball and track. He has volunteered and mentored youth at the Boys and Girls Club. Annually, he chaperones middle and high school students on visits/tours of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). He is also an active member in the church he attends. Joseph is a former Rotarian and has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow award.

Joseph served on the Board of Directors for Gold Coast Trust, the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Buenaventura, the Ventura County Schools Public Facilities Financing Corporation, the Executive Board for the Ventura County Schools Self-Funding Authority and, he currently serves on the Ventura County First-Five Administration Finance Committee as well as the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Stewards Board.