The people behind the capital.
Harlem Commonwealth Council is led by a team that pairs institutional finance experience — Goldman Sachs, TD Bank, decades of community banking — with a five-decade commitment to Harlem's economic future. This is the team accountable for every dollar deployed.
Leadership with a track record of building, not just funding.
Sharon Joseph
Sharon Joseph leads Harlem Commonwealth Council and the Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund with a clear mandate: build sustainable economic opportunity for entrepreneurs and communities across Harlem and beyond. Under her direction, HCC and HEF channel capital and support toward inclusive, resilient growth.
She brings more than 15 years in financial services to the work, including a tenure at Goldman Sachs as a Private Wealth Advisor and roles in management consulting. Her impact extends well beyond finance: she helped create Harlem Lanes, the first Black woman–owned and –built bowling and entertainment center in the U.S., and previously served as CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, expanding youth development programs that connected young people to opportunity.
Programs, operations, and finance — led by people who've done the work.
Lloyd Doaman
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Lloyd Doaman is the operational center of HCC — translating Sharon Joseph's strategic direction into clear priorities, coordinating across lending, programs, and external partnerships, and ensuring the organization delivers on its commitments to the communities and funders it serves.
Angela Williams
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Angela Williams turns HCC's mission into programs people can actually use. She oversees the consulting, adult education, and workforce development initiatives that help Harlem entrepreneurs start, survive, and grow — and she's responsible for ensuring every program produces outcomes worth reporting to funders and to the community.
Ayesha Codrington
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Ayesha Codrington holds the financial architecture that allows HCC to move capital responsibly. She leads budgeting, internal controls, and audited reporting — the infrastructure that gives funders, regulators, and the Board confidence that every dollar is accounted for and every commitment is being kept.
Christian Damiba
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Christian Damiba runs HCC's Upper Manhattan and Washington Heights Business Solutions Centers — the frontline offices where entrepreneurs get one-on-one help with financing, legal guidance, business planning, and certification. He manages the advisor team and the institutional relationships that keep those doors open and effective.
Terri Ann Smith
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Terri Ann Smith brings decades of commercial banking leadership — TD Bank, Investors Bank, Apple Bank — directly to the entrepreneurs HCC serves. As Operations Senior Director, she runs the technical assistance programs that give minority and low-income business owners the practical guidance and capital access they need to grow. Recognized as a 2019 Power Woman in Business.
Join the team
HCC is growing. If you want your work to move capital where it has been withheld — alongside a team that has been doing it for nearly six decades — we would like to meet you.