Bill Bynum is CEO of Hope Enterprise Corporation, Hope Credit Union, and Hope Policy Institute, a family of organizations that provides financial services and engages in advocacy when factors such as race, gender, birthplace, and wealth limit one’s ability to prosper. Previously, he helped establish nationally recognized programs at Self-Help and at the NC Rural Economic Development Center. Bynum’s board and advisory service has included the Aspen Institute, Bank of America, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Prosperity Now, E Pluribus Unum, and US Treasury Department. He is a Henry Crown Fellow, Emerson Collective Dial Fellow, Salzburg Global Fellow, University of North Carolina Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient, and served on the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty.