Who We Are
We are financial services professionals and formerly incarcerated and LGBTQ+ community leaders committed to ending discrimination in accessing mainstream financial services. Everyone deserves a fair chance, and no one should be automatically disqualified from obtaining services on the basis of race, gender, religion, ethnicity or past mistakes.
Meet Diverge's Organizing Members
Linda Bodie
she/her
CEO & Innovator,
Element Federal
Credit Union
Guy Messick
he/him
CEO, NACUSO Business Services; retired partner Messick, Lauer & Smith
Spencer Watson
they/them
Founder/Executive Director, Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research
Evie Litwok
she/her
Founder/Executive Director,
Witness to Mass Incarceration
Nancy Eiden
she/her
Founder, First Step Alliance;
Financial Services Consultant
Thomas O'Shea
he/him
Former CEO, Aspire Federal Credit Union; Consultant
Daniel Marquez
they/them
Implementation Strategist, Corelation Inc.
Ari Farell
they/Ari
Program Manager, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Joel Keyser
he/him
Community Advisory Council Chair, First Step Alliance
Tyrone Hanley
he/him
Director of Racial & Economic Justice, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Shawanna Vaughn
she/her
Founder/Executive Director,
Silent Cry Inc.
Jeffrey Deskovic
he/him
Founder/President, Jeffrey Deskovic
Foundation for Justice