Valerie White

Senior Executive Director at LISC NY

Speaker

Valerie White is the Senior Executive Director of LISC NY, where she leads the strategic expansion of investments to enhance LISC's statewide efforts in creating an economic and community development ecosystem. Through capital investment, policy, and legislative advocacy, and the design and delivery of programmatic initiatives, she amplifies LISC's role as a crucial voice among stakeholders in the legislative, governmental, private sector, philanthropic, and nonprofit/community domains across the state of New York.

With over 30 years of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Valerie joined LISC NY in April 2020 after serving as the Executive Vice President at Empire State Development (ESD) and as the Executive Director of the New York State Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development. Prior to that, she held the position of Vice President at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and spent over 17 years at Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) as Managing Director, where she led the municipal finance structure securities and housing finance analytics division.

In addition to her extensive professional background, Valerie is actively engaged in civic and community service. In December 2024, she was appointed to the New York City 2025 Charter Revision Commission, focusing on housing. Additionally, she serves on the City of New York Mayor’s Minority and Women Business Enterprises Advisory Council, and the New York State Department of Financial Services Financial Innovation Advisory Board. Valerie is also an inaugural board member of Embrace Partners (a wholesale insurance firm), an advisory board member for the Fordham Urban Law Center, and a Fordham Law Alumni Association director.

Valerie holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Law Degree from Fordham University, as well as a Master of Science and a Certificate in Organization Development from The New School.