About Us
NATIONAL DIVERSITY COALITION
is an empowering voice for our nation's minority and low-income communities at every level of government and within the business community. National Diversity Coalition (NDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation comprised of community, Faith-based, and nonprofit leader from many of our nation's leading African American, Asian, and Latino advocacy and civic organizations, as well as leadership from major minority and women-oriented national groups, united under a new definition of diversity and inclusion that reinforces greater opportunity, empowerment, and financial equality for underserved and minority communities. Through its members' many years of collective experience, the NDC has built a strong and broad-based network of strategic partnerships that bring together individuals with diverse and tremendous competencies working towards a common goal — to empower the nation's minority low-income communities.
MISSION
To strengthen America and all its diverse communities through advocacy, collaboration, and economic empowerment.
VISION
Be a unifying voice for America’s minority communities.
VALUES
We are guided by our core values of Principle, Strength, Empowerment
Constituency
covering the state of California,
including the San Francisco Bay area, Central Valley, Greater Los Angeles, and San Diego
Our Team
OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO
Faith Bautista Tamashiro
Faith Bautista Tamashiro is the founder of the first Asian owned television network and the only fully English AAPI entertainment channel to be aired in 41 states across the country, ChimeTV. She is also the founder and former president and CEO of the National Asian American Coalition (NAAC), a nonprofit that provides housing counseling, small business lending and technical assistance services to minority and low-income populations for over 18 years.
SUPPORTED BY
Ariel McCarty - Chief of Staff
Daughlet Ordinario - Compliance Officer
Jenna Venarde - IT Manager, Event Coordination and Marketing
Adhil Adhil - Legal Fellow
Karen Aboud - Legal Fellow
Irene Bercasio - Branding and Creative Content
Audie de Castro - General Counsel
Leadership
NDC’s leadership consist of our nation’s various faith & community-based organizations including African-American, Asian and Latino evangelical churches, leadership from major minority business’s such as the Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce, as well as, a diverse group of minority-led regional and national nonprofits.
Have a look at the people that make up our Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
Our Function
We advocate before governmental bodies, including the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Transportation Commission (FTC), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and all of the federal financial regulators, such as Treasury, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB), Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Our Advocacies
As we aggressively seek a brighter economic future for America’s historically underserved populations, our goal through advocacy work and policy changes, more corporate entities will be held to a greater standard of social responsibility in helping to reduce income and wealth inequality.
To accomplish our goal NDC meets with multi-‐billion dollar companies seeking acquisitions, and propose substantial public interest provisions via an increase in corporate philanthropy. We positively advocate for the social responsibility, which benefits corporate strategic reinvestments in communities relative to assets, deposits, revenue, and pretax profits. Thus our partnership results in a collaboration of social responsibility and increased public interest in marginalized communities of color.
Our Accomplishments
A few of NDC’s key accomplishments with corporations in public interest provisions include, but not limited to:
• Diversity in corporate governance, executive leadership, and employment.
• Diversity and access to procurement.
• Establish and/or increase marketing, education, and outreach to minority communities.
• Increase in philanthropy and community reinvestment
• Provision of program or service to low income or minority communities.
Abby Grospe - Filipino American Chamber of Commerce South Bay
Christine Consunji
Cynthia Vodanovich
Danna Prater
DeMilo Young - Bipoc Support Foundation
Edythe Repoff
Elizabeth Cortez - VP of Tech Channel
Faith Bautista - Floradema
Flora Mayer - City of Hope
Folashade (Shade) Balogun - Black History and Lifestyle
Henry Chen - FACCGLA
Jack Miranda - Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership
Jeff Lim - Island Pacific Supermarket Inc
Joe Nwanko
Joey Quinto - California Journal For Filipino Americans
Jules Graeser
Julius Floria
Keny Chang Leon - Asenso
Maria Camarillo - Third Step Ministry
Mike Aqrawi
Pramod Kunju - Nakunj Inc.
Regeanie Corona - Advancing the Seed
Regina Grant Peterson
Rhonda Gregory Brent - I AM
Robert Apodaca - The Two Hundred for Homeownership
Steve Ely - Ecredable
Victor Fakrogha - Community West Bank
Walter Njboke
Young Lee Hertig - ISAAC
Our mission
Advocacy
NDC advocates in the halls of Congress
Collaboration
Working with corporate America and state and federal legislators
Economic Outreach
Through year-round outreach with small businesses
Our Past Interventions
Securing a seat at the table for minority and underserved communities
Support
Central Valley Community Bank
Community West Banc Shares
Banc of California
Pacific Western Bank
T-Mobile–Sprint
Heritage Oaks
First Republic Bank
Bank of America
Pacific Western Bank
Tri-Counties Bank
CIT – One West Bank
Royal Business Bank
Union Bank
AT&T
Charter Communications
Banc of California
Mechanics Bank
Google Fiber
Pacific Premier Bank
First Choice Bank
Citizens Business Bank
Rabobank
Pacific Premier Bank - Opus Bank
Umpqua Bank - Columbia Bank
Tri Counties Bank - Valley Republic Bank
Enterprise Financial Services - First Choice Bancorp
Settled
Banc of California
Pacific Western Bank
Columbia-Umpqua Bank
Mechanics Bank –Rabobank
Pacific Gas and Electric
Southern California Edison
Comcast
Tri-Counties Bank
Heritage Oaks
Citizens Business Bank
Bank of America
First Republic Bank
City National Bank
Pacific Premier Bank
Frontier –Verizon
First Choice Bank
Charter Communications
BBCN – Wilshire
Pacific Western Bank
San Diego Gas and Electric
Southern California Gas Company