Rey Ramsey is an American

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entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

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, and the former

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of the One Economy Corporation, a

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he co-founded in 2000. Ramsey received a

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

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from

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

, where he was a member of

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, and ZBT fraternity, and a J.D. degree from the

University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as part of his "academical village", and now ...

. After graduating from law school, Ramsey went to work for the

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...

law-firm

Stoel Rives Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. business law firm with 10 office locations in seven U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, in the Park Avenue West Tower, it is the largest law firm in the state of Oregon, having 326 attorn ...

. He soon left his job at the firm to pursue a career with the Oregon State Economic Development Department, where he was director of the

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under governors

Neil Goldschmidt Neil Edward Goldschmidt (June 16, 1940 – June 12, 2024) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from the state of Oregon who held local, state, and federal offices over three decades. After serving as mayor of Portland, Oregon, ...

and

Barbara Roberts Barbara Kay Roberts (née Hughey; born December 21, 1936) is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She was the first woman elected to serve as Oregon ...

. Ramsey then worked for the

Enterprise Community Partners Enterprise Community Partners, formerly The Enterprise Foundation, is an American nonprofit. Its goals are to increase housing supply, advance racial equity and build resilience and upward mobility. Founded in 1982 by developer/philanthropist Ja ...

, first as senior vice president and later became president. Ramsey served two terms on the

Habitat for Humanity International Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or Habitat, is a U.S. Non-governmental organization, non-governmental, and tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, 501(C)(3) Christian nonprofit organization whic ...

board of directors, elected as vice-chairman in 2001 and then as chairman in 2003. During his chairmanship, the board fired Habitat founder

Millard Fuller Millard Dean Fuller (January 3, 1935 – February 3, 2009) was an American humanitarian and missionary who was the co-founder and the former president of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit organization known globally for buildin ...

. Ramsey is currently on the board of the

Local Initiatives Support Corporation The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a US non-profit organization, non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that supports community development initiatives across the country. It has offices in nearly 40 citi ...

and the Washington Jesuit Academy. Ramsey has been a proponent of the Portland citywide wireless initiative. Since December 2019, Rey Ramsey has served as the Chief Executive Officer of CENTRI Capital, (an organization based in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

) that utilizes data, capital, and technology to achieve outcomes and impact. Prior to this, he served as CEO of CENTRI Capital from March 2017 to December 2020 (

and

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

). Since December 2021, Rey Ramsey has served as the President and CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, located in the

New York City Metropolitan Area The New York metropolitan area, also called the Tri-State area and sometimes referred to as Greater New York, is the List of cities by GDP, largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, gross metropo ...

Bibliography

* ''Managing Nonprofits.org: Dynamic Management for the Digital Age'' (J. Wiley & Sons, 2002). . Co-authored with Ben Hecht.

References

External links

One Economy Corporation - Rey Ramsey Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsey, Rey 1960 births American computer businesspeople Businesspeople from Portland, Oregon Living people People from Waterford Township, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Businesspeople from Camden County, New Jersey