Working Solutions Attends OFN Small Business Finance Forum

Working Solutions CFO Gasper Magallanes and Chief Program Officer Titi Ikhile recently traveled to Austin, Texas to attend the 2025 Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Small Business Finance Forum with more than 500 CDFI industry peers and partners.

Titi presented on the panel, “Investing in the Long Game: The True Cost of Pre-Capital TA” with leaders from CDFIs REDF Investing and Mountain BizWorks, and Gasper spoke on a panel about CDFI Financial Management with partners from Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Pacific Community Ventures, and Allies for Community Business. They both joined other attendees to explore policy advocacy, lending innovations, and enhanced technical assistance opportunities to sustain and strengthen small business financing for our nation’s most underinvested entrepreneurs.