Staff & Board

Colleen Hafner

Colleen Hafner

Executive Director
CDFI Director

Colleen has been Rise’s Executive Director since 2024 and has been the CDFI Director since 2021. In this capacity, she guides the CDFI’s lending and capitalization strategy and directs the growth of its operations. Colleen joined Rise in 2018 as a Project Manager, where she helped coordinate the real estate development process for Rise and its partners. Prior to joining Rise, Colleen was Asset Manager – Compliance for St. Louis Equity Fund, and Vice President of its affiliate CDFI, Gateway Community Development Fund, Inc. She has over 16 years of experience in the housing and community development finance field.

Colleen is on the Board of Tower Grove CDC and the Advisory Board for Enterprise Financial CDE, as well as a committee member for Northside Community Housing, Inc. She is a founding Board member of the Women’s Affordable Housing Network of Missouri (WAHN-MO) and is a former Director for the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis (CBN), a position she held for 8 years.

Angela Pinex

Credit Analyst

Angela Pinex joined Rise in 2022 as the Credit Analyst for Rise CDFI. In this role, she focuses on underwriting new loan applications, managing leads and inquiries about the loan programs, and overseeing portfolio performance as well as ongoing borrower communication. Prior to joining Rise, Angela served as the Executive Director for a local community development corporation and has experience with Community Reinvestment Act activities for a local bank. Her deep knowledge of community development from the real estate and financing perspectives lends critical expertise for our borrowers as they seek to grow their businesses in the St. Louis region.