John brings more than twenty years of diverse experience across the nonprofit sector, large corporations, early-stage ventures and public-private partnerships to this role. Prior to MacArthur, he was integral to Silicon Valley Bank establishing a strong Seattle presence, and he led the financial effort that closed on both $23 million in venture capital and the eventual acquisition for a Seattle-based software company. Balbach has served on a National Science Foundation commercialization review committee, managed and raised capital for an Impact Investing Fund focused on developing the Michigan life sciences sector, advised industry leading corporations on infusing cleantech solutions into their supply chains, provided consulting services to leading nonprofit organizations with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and served as a strategic advisor to hundreds of founders of technology-based startup ventures through a Michigan economic development program.

He holds a B.S in Finance from Miami (Ohio) University, an M.A. from St. John’s College, and an M.P.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Emmalyn supports several functions of the Impact Investments team, including portfolio management, financial administration, and compliance.

Before joining the Foundation, she worked at Chicago Marketing, Inc. as the Administrative/Operations Manager, where she oversaw administrative training, office management, and corporate philanthropy while assisting its CEO and Executive Management with campaign management, payroll, and the recruiting and hiring process.

Emmalyn received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and holds a Master of Business Administration degree with distinction from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.

Allison joined the Foundation in 2006 to oversee investments made through Window of Opportunity, the Foundation’s $150-million affordable rental housing preservation initiative. Since then, her responsibilities have expanded to include overall portfolio management for the Impact Investing program.

Allison has worked in affordable housing, economic development and commercial real estate for over 20 years. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked as a senior underwriting manager in the Community Lending Group (formerly the American Communities Fund) at Fannie Mae, where she underwrote and closed more than $150 million in debt and equity transactions for affordable housing developments. She also worked for eight years at Bank One in a variety of departments, including Commercial Real Estate and Community Development Real Estate. Before moving to Chicago, she participated in the Urban Fellows Program in New York City, where she worked as a project manager at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Recently, Allison served on Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s task force charged with creating and implementing a program to deploy $100 million in grant funds from a national mortgage settlement aimed at addressing the foreclosure crisis. She also serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Foundation for Women and the Chicago Chess Foundation.

Allison graduated from Harvard-Radcliffe College with a Bachelor’s degree in Government, and earned a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with a concentration in Nonprofit Management and Real Estate.

Charles is responsible for managing the portfolio of impact investments including loans, equity investments, deposits and guarantees in the Foundation’s impact investment portfolio.

Charles most recently served as Executive Director at World Bicycle Relief, an international non-profit that designs, manufactures, and distributes rugged bikes in the developing world to improve access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. Prior to WBR, Charles spent 10 years in equity research, the last six of which were at William Blair. Earlier in his career, he was the Director of Housing Development at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation where his team acquired and/or substantially renovated over 700 units of low-income housing in San Francisco.

He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

Prior to joining the MacArthur Foundation, Chelsey was in private practice with the law firm of Horwood Marcus and Berk, specializing in private equity, venture capital, and other corporate matters. Chelsey was also a part of the firm’s Philanthropy, Social Impact and Investment subgroup, where she assisted foundations, family offices and philanthropic individuals on a variety of impact investment transactions.

Chelsey is currently on the advisory board for the Family Foundation Advisor periodical and the auxiliary board for the Juvenile Protective Association.

Chelsey received her J.D. From the University of Miami School of Law and has a bachelor degree in Finance from Michigan State University.