Mary Houghton is co-founder of ShoreBank, the largest and oldest community development bank. Houghton, along with Milton Davis, James Fletcher, and Ron Grzywinski purchased in 1973 what was then South Shore Bank to fight redlining in the Chicago neighborhood. She retired as president in May 2010.

Biography

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In the early 1980s, Houghton and Grzywinski worked with Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh (Yunus and Grameen Bank received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize). From 1986 to 2001, Houghton served on the Board of Directors of Accion International.

Houghton serves as a director of Vancity Community Investment Bank in Toronto and served as a director of the Calvert Foundation and Women's World Banking.[1][2][3]

She is a member of the Ashoka Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship.

Houghton received a B.A. cum laude from Marquette University and an M.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University.[1]

In 2009, Houghton served as one of six selection committee members for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.[4]

Awards and honors

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Houghton has received several awards and honors:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "U.S. News Press Room: Fact Sheets: America's Best Leaders, 2007: Honoree Biographies". Usnews.com. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  2. ^ "Rudy Bruner Award: Mary Houghton". Brunerfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  3. ^ David Cama, Renzo Portocarrero. "Our People - Board - Mary Houghton". Rapidresults.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  4. ^ "Call for Entries: $50,000 Award for Urban Excellence".
  5. ^ "Shorebank Corporate President Mary Houghton Receives Opportunity Collaboration's 2009 Economic Opportunity Achievement Award" (Press release). Csrwire.com. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  6. ^ "ShoreBank Co-founder Mary Houghton Delivers Leaders Forum Lecture on Community Development". Yale.edu. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  7. ^ "ShoreBank co-founders honored with Notre Dame ethics award - : News & Information" (Press release). University of Notre Dame. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2010-06-06. (via Web.archive.org)