Boston Fed Advisory Council Member Has a Goal: Help Others “Exit Poverty in a Generation”

There’s no grand idea that will end poverty,” says Betty Francisco ’98, general counsel of Compass Working Capital and a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Community Development Advisory Council. “But rather a collection of ideas, solutions and players in ecosystems that work cohesively and collaboratively around achieving racial equity outcomes. That’s how we can begin breaking the cycle of poverty.”