Hope Credit Union
Before joining HOPE, Robbye was Director of Talent Retention Initiatives at the New Memphis Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to forge a more prosperous and vital Memphis, TN by attracting, developing, activating and retaining talent. She led a comprehensive strategy for activating and committing professionals to the continuous improvement of the city. Her responsibilities entailed cultivating partners and funders; building and managing a high-performing team; and developing, promoting and evaluating new and existing programs.
Robbye earned a Bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern California and Master’s degree at Vanderbilt University. She has lived in ten different cities, both in the US and abroad, and has loved each of them for their unique assets and perspectives on the world. This being said, she is glad to be back in the South where she was born and feels most at home.
Hope Credit Union
HOPE is a family of development organizations dedicated to strengthening communities, building assets, and improving lives in the Delta and other economically distressed parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Comprised of a regional credit union (Hope Credit Union), loan fund (Hope Enterprise Corporation), and policy center (Hope Policy Institute), HOPE has provided financial services, leveraged private and public resources, and shape policies that have benefited more than 650,000 residents in one of the nation’s most persistently poor regions.