Lorna Bourg
Lorna Bourg is President/Executive Director of the Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA).[1]
Biography
She graduated from St. Joseph's Academy and received a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from Harvard University's JFK School of Government in the Sr. Executive's Program, and studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst's Center for Popular Economics, and the University of Wisconsin's Extension Program Community Development.[2]
She designed and implemented the Building Rural Communities Program for Economic Development. She designed, and implemented a loan fund for low-income rural homeowners. In 1997, she helped design and implement a pilot programs of the Rural Home Loan Partnership.[3]
Awards
- 1992 MacArthur Fellows Program[4]
- Fannie Mae Foundation James A. Johnson Fellow
References
- http://www.southernmutualhelp.org/SMHAStaff.cfm
- http://www.lpb.org/programs/LApublicsquare/topic008.html
- http://www.spoke.com/info/p6SHyef/LornaBourg
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2007-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- SMHA blog
- "COMMUNITY INVESTMENT", PBS, December 20, 2004
- "Trying to (Re)build a Better South", Foundation News & Commentary, March/April 2006
- “KATRINA COTTAGE:”, Vermilion Faith Community of Care
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