Susan Hammond

Ms. Hammond, a Penobscot tribal member, is the long-standing Executive Director of Four Directions Development Corporation (FDDC), a Native-governed Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving the four tribes of Maine. As one of the founders, she has been involved with FDDC since the earliest planning stages which began in the fall of 2000. She serves on the Boards of Maine Community Foundation, Eastern Maine Development Corporation, MaineStream Finance, and Coastal Enterprises Inc. as well as Oweesta Corporation, a national intermediary Native American CDFI. She has been awarded the Maine SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year Award and is also a recipient of the Visionary Leader Award and Circle of Honor Award from the national CDFI association, Opportunity Finance Network and Oweesta Corporation. Susan graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a BS in Business Administration and is well connected in both the local Wabanaki communities and national Native American organizations.