Roxanne DeMarco Rickert
Roxanne DeMarco RickertImpact and Operations Director

Roxanne DeMarco Rickert has worked across private, nonprofit and government sectors to bring impactful change to domestic and international communities. She currently works as the Impact and Operations Director at First Southwest Community Fund (FSWCF). In her previous role as Community Development Director at First Southwest Bank (FSWB), one of two certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) banks in Colorado, Roxanne helped found FSWCF and successfully secured funding for FSWB and FSWCF to better serve rural small businesses through the capitalization of multiple revolving loan fund programs and technical assistant grants. At FSWB, Roxanne handled everything CDFI-related, including annual certification, advocacy, compliance and reporting, and led impact measurement and evaluation for both entities. As part of her prior experience, Roxanne led press and research for a gubernatorial campaign in Michigan, ran communications for a lobby shop in DC, and worked for two think tanks focused on nuclear nonproliferation. Roxanne is a graduate of the University of Georgia and bleeds red and black.