About Olive Idehen
As the founding Executive Director, Coalition for Nonprofit Housing Development in Washington, DC, Olive was immersed in affordable housing issues in partnership with a sixty plus membership of nonprofit and for-profit developers, activists, and funders.
To better understand how philanthropy could be leveraged in community, she had a tenure as Senior Director, Housing and Community Development at the Fannie Mae Foundation. Here she funded and provided technical assistance to nonprofit organizations and capital campaigns for programs and physical expansion in Washington, DC.
Then she wanted to understand the flow of both private and public sector capital in community development and served as Bank of America’s Vice President, Community Relations Manager where she implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative within the Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs line of business. She supported the Market President, charitable foundation and community outreach activities and initiatives that addressed critical needs in the low-and moderate-income communities in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. This resulted in an “outstanding” regulatory rating for three consecutive years.
In 2019, Olive wanted to explore new ways of working with nonprofits and became the founder and owner of Callive, LLC an independent organizational development consulting firm for small and medium sized social change and nonprofit organizations. Callive’s services include strategic planning, grant writing, board training and development, and succession planning and leadership continuity.
Olive presently serves on the Board of Directors of three nonprofit organizations including, Manna (affordable housing), Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (housing and economic development) and Life Asset (community development financial institution).
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