Morgan Spears

Manager of Member Relations, Credit Builders Alliance

As Manager of Member Relations, Morgan leads the intake of membership. Morgan aligns like-minded nonprofits throughout the country with CBA’s growing alliance of over 500 members. In this effort, she provides continual support and technical assistance to ensure that these well-positioned organizations are able to continue to do what they do best – move people from poverty into prosperity. Morgan has a deep commitment to economic justice. Her passion for systemic change is evident in her public service experience and commitment to financial inclusion. Prior to joining CBA, Morgan served as an Emerson National Hunger Fellow through the Congressional Hunger Center. In that capacity, Morgan actively led the effort on community engagement for Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Morgan’s community organizing and coalition building skills allowed her to increase the Detroit People’s Food Co-op’s member/owners by 40%. More recently, Morgan supported the economic security team at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights where she researched and authored written work on economic security issues such as payday lending. Morgan is excited to build bridges of financial inclusion with CBA.

Morgan holds a BA in Sociology, with minors in Economics and Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies from DePaul University.