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 A Penobscot Nation tribal member, Susan is currently the Relationship Manager for Native CDFIs at FAHE, a Native community development financial institution (CDFI) that serves rural Appalachia and other rural and Native communities.  Prior to FAHE, she was the long-standing former Executive Director of Four Directions Development Corporation, a Native-governed Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving the four tribes of Maine.  As one of the founders, Ms. Hammond had been involved with FDDC since the earliest planning stages which began in the fall of 2000.  Ms. Hammond is well connected in both the Native American and non-Native communities.  Prior to FAHE and Four Directions, she worked for the Penobscot tribe for ten years in various positions including the Vocation Education Coordinator for the Economic Development Department, the Financial Manager for the Health Department and the Director of the Tribal Housing Authority.  She served on the Penobscot Nation Tribal Council from 1996 to 2004.  In 2003, Ms. Hammond was awarded the Maine SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year Award.  She is the first-ever recipient of the Visionary Leader Award from the Opportunity Finance Network/Oweesta Corporation in 2006, and in 2010 received the Circle of Honor Award from the Opportunity Finance Network / Oweesta Corporation. Susan received Bangor, BS in Business Administration, University of Maine at Orono. She completed training from the National Development Council, Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. She joined the CEI board in 2016.