Onika Lewis is Vice President of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program at Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), where she oversees strategy, capital raising, deployment, underwriting, compliance, and asset management. She has over 12 years of NMTC experience and has deployed $189 million in allocation to high-impact projects nationwide.
Prior to joining NFF in 2014, Onika served as a Portfolio Analyst at New Jersey Community Capital, managing an $80 million NMTC portfolio and a $62 million participation loan fund. She also worked at Inclusiv, overseeing $25 million in mortgage and deposit portfolios to community development credit unions.
Onika brings a deep commitment to equity and uses mission-driven finance to support underserved communities. She serves on the NMTC advisory boards of CEI Capital Management and Vital Healthcare Capital and holds degrees from St. John’s University and CUNY Hunter College.