Month: July 2023

Many of the banks that sponsor our senior protection programs, particularly those in the Northeastern U.S., may already be familiar with Kristine LaVigna. She has served as the Northeast Regional Field Rep for over ten years. In that role, she worked with area bankers, as well as with health care administrators at senior communities enrolled in Senior Crimestoppers and Senior Secure programs to help them utilize the program benefits.

In order to better serve the banks that sponsor our Foundation’s programs that protect seniors, Kristine has been promoted to Business Development Manager, where she will serve to unite banks across the country with low- to moderate-income senior facilities in their assessment areas, creating opportunities for CRA lending and investment test credit.

“Kristine’s long history with us and deep understanding of our programs and services will be invaluable to CRA professionals that wish to expand their CRA strategy to include these innovative and essential programs that benefit some of the most vulnerable members in their communities,” said David Lenoir, President & CEO, CRA Partners.

Kristine spent 18 years in investment banking in NYC before starting her own consulting practice, helping small businesses in her community develop and implement effective business plans. She is based in Ridgefield, CT, working remotely out of our Memphis headquarters.

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About the Senior Crimestoppers program

CRA Partners and Senior Crimestoppers are operated by the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF), headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

The SHCPF mission is to provide protection and an enhanced quality of life for vulnerable senior housing residents through meaningful turnkey CRA compliance for community focused banks.

Funded exclusively by the banking industry and endorsed by the ICBA and over 30 state bankers associations, the Foundation has developed a low-risk, profitable solution — CRA Partners — for banks of all asset sizes and charter types – to fulfill their federally mandated Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requirements in the form of qualified loans, investments or grants through the operation of the nationally acclaimed Senior Crimestoppers program.

For more information about Senior Crimestoppers, visit SeniorCrimestoppers.org or call 800-529-9096.

Please join us in welcoming our newest field rep, Aaron Reid. Aaron will be serving the upper Great Lakes states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

Aaron Reid is an Ohio native currently residing in the Cincinnati area. During his career, he has been a high school teacher and worked in various management positions in the nonprofit education, health and human services sectors. Aaron has a Bachelor’s in History from Florida Atlantic University and a Master’s in International Enterprise Management from the University of Maryland. He enjoys spending time with his fourteen-year old son, playing and watching sports, and hiking with his dogs along the Little Miami River.

Today we formally announce the formation of The CRA Collaborative, a peer group that provides bankers with opportunities to engage in discussion around Community Reinvestment Act-(CRA) related topics.

“For more than 20 years, CRA Partners has worked with community banks to help them meet the needs of their elderly customers while earning Community Reinvestment Act credit,” CRA Partners President and CEO David Lenoir said. “As CRA modernization began to take shape last year, we saw an influx of questions around the new rules and believed a forum such as the CRA Collaborative would be invaluable to bankers as they navigate questions and facilitate discussion around changes.”

The CRA Collaborative will hold quarterly online meetings, allowing CRA professionals at banks to work together to share their expertise and knowledge while learning new skills and best practices. They will also have opportunities to learn about ways to optimize their CRA strategy through a dynamic team environment.

“CRA Partners has been a great resource in helping our bank take advantage of CRA opportunities in our community, and now we have another valuable tool with CRA Collaborative to help foster meaningful dialogue and share insights among a group of like-minded peers,” said CRA Partners Chairman G. Scott McComb, chairman, president and CEO of Heartland Bank in Whitehall, Ohio.

The next CRA Collaborative meeting is scheduled for July 26. Membership in the CRA Collaborative is free for banks currently supporting CRA Partners programs and available through an annual subscription for all others. To learn more and join, visit https://shcpfoundation.org/cra-collaborative/.

We are pleased to announce our newest Senior Crimestoppers field rep, Deb Harrington.  Deb will be serving the upper Midwest states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North & South Dakota as she provides resources and crime-prevention services designed to improve and enhance senior residents’ overall quality of life while living in our nation’s senior housing facilities.

Deb graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a focus in marketing from Ball State University, and went on to work for a social services agency in Indianapolis where she was a job coach for adults with disabilities and then became a group manager of operations for the agency.  During this time, she also became involved with HUD as a housing tester where she worked to help identify and educate the community on the perils of housing discrimination.  

She currently resides in the Chicago area where she has lived over 25 years and worked as director of marketing for global training & development companies, as well as, director of marketing for a grass-roots car-sharing non-profit.  In her most recent role, she managed accounts in the Midwest, educating and consulting clients on challenging workers’ comp injuries.

Deb brings her wealth of professional experience to SHCPF with a deep passion that goes back to her childhood— visiting and building relationships with older adults in senior housing facilities.  She is excited to pursue this passion as a Senior Crimestoppers field rep while actively promoting safety and enhancing living conditions for those living and working in senior housing facilities in our communities.