Phone

415.989.8855

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Location

1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 504
Oakland, CA 94612

Barbara Morrison

Founder and President


Barbara Morrison, a Bay Area business and civic leader, is the founder and president of TMC Financing, a certified Development Company that provides SBA commercial real estate financing. 

Since 1981, TMC has provided U.S. Small Business Administration funding for real estate projects totaling more than $14 billion in Arizona, California, Nevada and Oregon, benefiting nearly 7,000 businesses and creating and retaining an estimated 60,000 jobs throughout the region. TMC is the No. 1 CDCs nationwide. 

Barbara Morrison founded TMC Community Capital (TMC CC) in 2018 to provide an affordable alternative to the predatory online lenders taking advantage of small business owners. TMC Community Capital utilizes technology and innovation to provide quick and transparent loans on a scalable platform. The mission of TMC CC is twofold, to be a safe alternative online microlender and to close the gap on lending inequalities by focusing on low-income, women-owned, and under-resourced entrepreneurs in California.  

Morrison developed her passion for small business economic development early in her career while serving as deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in San Francisco. 

A former mayor and city council member for the city of Belvedere, Morrison has been widely recognized for her advocacy for women and small business owners, as well as the leadership she provided for many community organizations.

Awards and Accomplishments

1999 – Arthur Goodman Achievement and Diversity Award

2000 – US Small Business Administration, Small Business Advocate Award

2011 – San Francisco Business Times and law firm Allen Matkins, Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence Hall of Fame

2012 – Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco, Financial Woman of the Year

2014 – SF Business Times Forever Influential, several prior year’s list of Most Influential Women in the Bay Area

2016 – YWCA Marin Women’s Hall of Fame

2017 – CREW Network, Industry Impact Award

2017 – SF Business Times, Most Admired CEO

2017 – Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Top East Bay Women Business Owners

2017 – Coleman Report, TMC named Main Street Lender of the Year

2021 – Top Lender Influencer, Globe St. Real Estate

2024 – TMC named Bay Area Best Places to Work for 8th time (3rd consecutive year), San Francisco Business Times

Professional Affiliations

  • Jack London Park, Board Member
  • International Women’s Forum (IWF), Member, Northern CA Chapter 
  • Harvard Kennedy School, Women and Public Policy Women’s Leadership Board, Former Board Member
  • Marin Theater Company, Former Board Member
  • Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Committee
  • Presidio Bank, Advisory Board Member
  • Renaissance Entrepreneur Center, Former Founding Board Member
  • Renaissance Women’s Leadership Council, Member
  • TMC Community Capital, Founder, and President
  • The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Former Board Member
  • Working Solutions, Founder and former Board Member