Sanford Livingston II is currently the CEO of Nor-Cal FDC. Livingston is charged with the responsibility of overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. He has overall strategic and operational responsibility for Nor-Cal FDC’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. He also builds partnerships in new markets by establishing relationships with lenders, and political and community leaders.
Livingston previously served Nor-Cal FDC as Chief Operations Officer; directing all operational and strategic responsibilities, and as Senior Director Program Development; responsible for increasing the number of microloans underwritten by Nor-Cal’s lending partners in this category. In this role, he grew loan volume by 50% while working with individual lenders to streamline process for efficiency.
Prior to Nor-Cal FDC, Mr. Livingston served as Senior Vice President, Strategist, Commercial Strategies, Commercial Banking Group Wells Fargo Bank, where he provided innovative strategic business plans to all commercial banking divisions.
Mr. Livingston has served on several boards including; Urban Financial Services Coalition; Advisory Board, Life Steps; Trustee Board Member, Coro Political Leadership Organization; Former Trustee Board Member, San Francisco Maritime Association; Board Member, and Wesleyan University: Former Board Trustee.
He has a B. A. in Economics from Wesleyan University and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.