Martin Daniel Eakes Explained

Martin Daniel Eakes
Birth Place:Greensboro, North Carolina
Nationality:American
Education:Graduated from Davidson College
J.D. from Yale Law School
M.P.P. from Princeton University
Occupation:Economic development strategist and credit union CEO
co-founder of the Center for Community Self-Help in Durham
Spouse:Barbara Marie Wright
Children:Justin and Carlyn

Martin Daniel Eakes is an American economic development strategist, and credit union CEO.

Eakes grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Davidson College, where he majored in physics and philosophy, and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an M.P.P. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

In 1980, he co-founded the Center for Community Self-Help in Durham. Self-Help provides consumer financial services technical support and advocacy for those left out of the economic mainstream. The nonprofit is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and has offices in South Carolina, Florida, Washington, D.C., California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Through Self-Help's Center for Responsible Lending, Eakes has advocated for fair lending practices and sound economic policies.[1]

In 1998, he helped form the Center for Responsible Lending.[2]

Boards

Eakes is a Trustee of the Ford Foundation and a member of its Education, Creativity and Free Expression Committee.[3] Eakes is a Trustee of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.[4] He also serves on its national Board of Advisors for the Center for Principled Problem Solving.

Personal

He is married to Barbara Marie Wright; they have two children, Justin and Carlyn.[5]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner . www.civilrights.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130401034213/http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/2013 . 2013-04-01.
  2. Web site: Microfinance USA 2010 - Speakers . www.microfinanceusa2010.org . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100607041857/http://www.microfinanceusa2010.org/speakers/index.php . 7 June 2010 . dead.
  3. Web site: Leadership / About Us / Ford Foundation . 2013-05-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513141606/http://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/leadership/martin-eakes . 2013-05-13 .
  4. Web site: Board of Trustees Information | Guilford College . 2013-05-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731024158/http://www.guilford.edu/about-guilford/leadership/board-of-trustees/board-of-trustees-information/ . 2013-07-31 .
  5. Web site: Martin Eakes, Bonnie Wright Citation . 2010-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100626004455/http://www2.davidson.edu/news/news_archives/archives_imgs/0110_convocation/0110convo-citation1.html . 2010-06-26 .
  6. Web site: Advocates for Health Care, Social Security and Older Workers. AARP. english. 2019-11-06.
  7. Web site: Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights . 2010-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091231112455/http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/ . 2009-12-31 .
  8. Web site: The James Madison Medal Alumni Association of Princeton University. alumni.princeton.edu. 2019-11-06.

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