Kerwin Tesdell

President of Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA)

CDVCA promotes the use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities. The Association promotes best practices among practitioners in the field and operates its own Central Fund.

He is also an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, where he teaches a course in community development law.

Prior to joining CDVCA, Kerwin was a program officer at the Ford Foundation. Before that, he was the Director of the Community Development Legal Assistance Center, which provides corporate, tax, and real estate legal assistance to community development organizations in New York.

Kerwin was also an associate with the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton and served as a law clerk to a federal judge in Manhattan.

He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in economics and holds law and business degrees from New York University, as well as a certificate from the Venture Capital Institute