John D. Lewis, Investment Committee Chair

Mr. Lewis serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bankshares Corporation and its principal subsidiary, The Harbor Bank of Maryland, a Baltimore, Maryland-based Minority Depository Institution (“MDI”) and Community Development Financial Institution (“CDFI”). His portfolio includes affiliates: The Harbor Bank of Maryland Community Development Corporation, Harbor Financial Services, and The Harbor Bank Community Development Capital EB-5 Regional Center. He is a partner of Harbor Bankshares Capital Management SSBIC.

Mr. Lewis’ work at Harbor includes creating and implementing social impact programs such as Our Fair Share (with Combs Enterprises) and the Minority Pre-seed Venture Capital Fund (with Maryland TEDCO), serving as launch partner for the Harbor Plex bank account (with Google), creating the Emerging Developer Program and a 6,000sf co-working space, and distributing the Empower Shares Money Market Fund, a $1.5B social impact investment share class.

He serves as Trustee and Investment Committee Chairman of the Maryland Teachers & State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans, Trustee and Vice Chairman of Baltimore City Community College, a designated Minority Serving Institution, and Trustee of the Severn School. He is a member of the Greater Washington Partnership’s Inclusive Growth Committee, CFA Institute, Young President’s Organization, and Real Estate Executive Council. Mr. Lewis received his B.S. from Cornell University, where he was an INROADS Scholar, and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where he was a Robert Toigo Fellow.