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The Fellowship honors the public service of Enterprise former Chairman and CEO Bart Harvey, pictured here in 1994 with his mentor, Enterprise co-founder Jim Rouse. |
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The Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship is named in honor of Enterprise’s former chairman and CEO. The two-year fellowship exposes rising professionals to the spirit and mission of Enterprise’s affordable housing and community development work.
Bart Harvey came to Enterprise in 1984 to serve as a full-time volunteer, having taken a sabbatical from a successful career on Wall Street. Working closely with Enterprise co-founder Jim Rouse, Harvey refocused his skills and leadership ability on innovative ways to fund affordable housing development as well as expanding and improving Enterprise’s operations and impact. A year later, he took a senior executive position at Enterprise and went on to become Enterprise’s CEO. In March 2008, Harvey retired from Enterprise, having found successors in Doris Koo and Jeff Donahue, the CEOs of Enterprise Community Partners and Enterprise Community Investments, respectively. Enterprise is honoring Harvey’s leadership and commitment to public service by inaugurating the Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship.
That first year of work with Jim Rouse “changed the trajectory of my life,” Harvey recalls. “When my time was up, we had a talk. He said I could go back to being an investment banker for the rich, but would I consider being a banker for the poor? From Jim, I learned about doing work based on a set of values and seeing things the way they really are, and not just betting on what would be successful. I learned to look at the problems of poverty, to see what ought to be, and to try to bring that to fruition.” The Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship is designed to offer young professionals the opportunity to be exposed to the work of Enterprise with the objective of inspiring the kind of personal transformation that Harvey experienced.
- Substantial and creative support to the CEOs, Chairs and other senior staff.
- Contribution to the progress and success of assigned projects.
- Demonstration of technical, teamwork, leadership and communications skills.
- Analysis of program data and market trends to determine the impact of existing Enterprise programs, such as equity and debt investments, supportive housing or senior housing.
- Researching and launching innovative new products, programs and policy initiatives.
- Special projects under the direction of CEOs and other senior staff.
The program will expose the Fellow to the implementation of the spirit and mission of Enterprise. The CEOs and senior staff will endeavor to identify activities for the Harvey Fellow that have important implications for Enterprise’s strategic and organizational challenges.
Enterprise selected UCLA School of Law graduate My Trinh (PDF, 1.7MB) as the first recipient of the Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship. Trinh brings an extraordinary commitment to public service. A former legal aid volunteer, Trinh helped set up law clinics to protect the rights of low-income tenants, immigrant communities and disadvantaged workers.
The launch of the Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship was made possible by the generous support of individual donors. Contributions to sustain the program will be gratefully accepted. For information about making a contribution, please call 800.624.4298 and ask to speak to Anita Hammen or Pam Blose. Donations can be made by mailing a check payable to Enterprise Community Partners with the notation "Harvey Fellowship" to:
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
P.O. Box 64854
Baltimore MD 21264-4854
Each contribution will be gratefully acknowledged with a letter confirming that the donation is tax deductible.
Katie Swenson
Senior Director
Enterprise Community Partners
Phone 781.235.2006
email Katie
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