DEBORAH LA FRANCHI

Deborah La Franchi is the founder and CEO of SDS Capital Group – a national leader in impact investing with over $1 billion in assets under management. Each impact fund on SDS’ platform employs a unique investment strategy developed by SDS to generate positive impacts for low-income communities, families and individuals.

La Franchi developed and launched the SDS Supportive Housing Fund, a first of-its-kind private equity fund financing permanent supportive housing with a focus on the homeless population in Los Angeles. A year ago, La Franchi’s funding approach to alleviate the homeless crisis in Los Angeles was just becoming known and launching. Today, La Franchi’s vision for a new path to house the homeless has now become a reality: the fund is fully capitalized at $150 million and investing in one project every 90 days, in order to house over 1,800 individuals who are today living on the streets.