Coalition Partners,
I’m proud to introduce GroundBreak’s first established executive leadership team.
This moment matters. It signals maturity. It signals momentum. And it signals our commitment to building the kind of infrastructure that lasts beyond any single phase or personality.
Please join me in welcoming:
Eric White
Chief Investment Officer
Eric leads investment strategy and capital mobilization across homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood development. With 20 years in impact investing, he has mobilized hundreds of millions of dollars for economic justice through leadership roles at Cogent Consulting, the Bush Foundation, and The Financial Services Consulting Group.
Mike LaFave
Chief of Staff
Mike leads operations, governance, and coordinated implementation. With more than 25 years in community development leadership — including roles at Family Housing Fund, Project for Pride in Living, and the Neighborhood Development Center — he ensures our vision is matched by disciplined execution and durable systems.
Drinal Foster
Chief Impact Officer
Drinal brings more than 20 years of financial services and HR leadership experience. A 28-year Wells Fargo veteran and Senior Vice President, she brings deep expertise in enterprise transformation, operational excellence, and measurable community impact.
Gwen King-Lunde
Executive Administrator and Operations Coordinator
Gwen brings experience in executive support, program management, and nonprofit operations. Grounded in research and racial justice, she strengthens the connective tissue of our coalition — combining structure, care, and authentic relationship-building to advance meaningful work.
GroundBreak was never meant to be a program. It was always meant to be a shift. Now we enter into the next era of GroundBreak with a new look and a new feel – grounded in truth.
From the beginning, this coalition has shared a belief: talent is everywhere. Vision is everywhere. Readiness is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
Across our region, families prepared for homeownership face structural barriers. Entrepreneurs with viable models struggle to access growth capital. Community developers with transformative projects encounter financing gaps that stall momentum. These patterns are not accidental — they are the result of how capital has historically flowed.
GroundBreak exists to change that flow.
We are building coordinated infrastructure that aligns private capital with community vision across homeownership, entrepreneurship, and neighborhood-scale commercial development. By structuring capital differently, improving loan-to-value ratios, and aligning partners around shared outcomes, we unlock transactions that otherwise would not happen. Not through public subsidy. Not through short-term fixes. But through durable systems designed to expand access over time.
This is long-term work. It is practical. It is disciplined. And it is deeply values driven.
Our ambition is bold: expand access to homeownership, strengthen pathways for entrepreneurs to scale sustainable businesses, and enable catalytic development that builds wealth and stability within neighborhoods across the Twin Cities. We measure success by what endures — families remaining stable, businesses growing, projects performing, and equity that stays rooted in community.
I am deeply honored to serve alongside this team, and alongside all of you.
GroundBreak is not just coordinating capital. We are building the conditions for shared prosperity. We are demonstrating that when institutions align around shared values and shared outcomes, markets can expand opportunity rather than restrict it.
Thank you for being part of this movement. The work ahead is significant — and so is the possibility.
With gratitude and momentum,
Adair Mosley
Chief Executive Officer
GroundBreak Coalition
