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Martin Daniel Eakes

Martin Daniel Eakes

American businessman

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

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

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

  • 1996 MacArthur Fellows Program
  • Ford Foundation grant
  • 2009 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending.
  • 2009 AARP Inspire Awards Honoree[6]
  • 2011 Ford Foundation Visionaries Award for his contributions to creating financial opportunities for the poor[3]
  • 2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights[7]
  • 2015 James Madison Medal from the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA)[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner". www.civilrights.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01.
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    "Microfinance USA 2010 - Speakers". www.microfinanceusa2010.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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    "Leadership / About Us / Ford Foundation". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. [4]
    "Board of Trustees Information | Guilford College". Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  5. [5]
    "Martin Eakes, Bonnie Wright Citation". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  6. [6]
    "Advocates for Health Care, Social Security and Older Workers". AARP. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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    "Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights". Archived from the original on 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  8. [8]
    "The James Madison Medal | Alumni Association of Princeton University". alumni.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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