Staff
The Asset Policy Initiative of California is the policy arm of EARN, a San Francisco-based non-profit dedicated to creating a new cycle of prosperity through financial management training, match savings accounts and innovative financial services. Learn more at www.sfearn.org
Ben Mangan, President and CEO
Ben Mangan has more than 10 years of experience in public policy and management in the areas of education, affordable housing and business development. As the Midwest Practice Leader for Ernst & Young's Public Private Development Group in Chicago, he led efforts to find solutions to policy, development and strategy problems for public, private and non-profit clients.Immediately prior to joining EARN, Ben served as the Director of Organizational Strategy for an international internet company. He has also consulted to affordable housing developers, CDFIs, and quasi-governmental economic development agencies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Vassar College and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University.
Contact: Ben@sfearn.org or 415.217.3662.
Sunaena K. Chhatry, Policy Associate
Sunaena is a Policy Associate for the Asset Policy Initiative of California, the policy arm of EARN. Before Joining EARN & APIC, Sunaena worked as an Academy Associate at the Greenlining Institute where she managed research on issues affecting low income and minority communities in California. After completing the leadership training program she worked for the Delaware Financial Literacy Institute as a Program Coordinator where she developed the foundation for a statewide, social marketing campaign called First State Saves, an offshoot of the National America Saves campaign.
Sunaena holds a Bachelor of Arts in South & South East Asian Studies and Education from the University of California, Berkeley.
Contact: Sunaena@sfearn.org or 415.217.3671.
