Liderazgo y Junta de Financiamiento de TMC
Liderazgo
TMC Financing’s leadership team brings together extensive experience and a deep commitment to excellence. Guided by CEO Omar Salah, the team is dedicated to advancing TMC’s mission of empowering small businesses through commercial real estate ownership.
With a focus on integrity, collaboration, and results, TMC’s leaders ensure the organization remains a trusted partner and industry leader in SBA 504 financing.
Junta Directiva
2026 TMC Financing Board of Directors
Chair: TJ Chavez
Vice Chair: William Sommer
Board Members: Daniel Fujimoto, James Cheung, TJ Chavez, Ansie Ting, Keith Merklin, Ian McDaniel, Brian Finnegan, Marybeth Reed, Micah Horgen, Sandra Felegy, Shaun Malby
Legacy and Founding
Barbara Morrison, a Bay Area small business advocate and civic leader, is the founder and former CEO of Financiamiento TMC, a certified Development Company (CDC) that provides SBA commercial real estate financing.
In 1981, Barbara founded TMC Financing to provide access to affordable capital with the SBA 504 loan program for small business owners to purchase the real estate utilized by their business. From 6 employees lending in just the 9 Bay Area counties, TMC has grown into the largest CDC in the nation, financing projects in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Hawaii. In 2025, TMC provided $2.4 billion in financing for 548 small businesses.
Recognizing the needs of smaller entrepreneurs, not able to take advantage of SBA real estate financing, in 1999, Barbara founded Soluciones de trabajo a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Working Solutions was “incubated” in the TMC office until it grew into self-sufficiency. Today, it is one of the most successful CDFIs in the country, providing access to capital for under-served entrepreneurs.
In 2018, Barbara founded Capital de la comunidad TMC, an online, technology-based micro lender CDFI. Since its inception, TMC Community Capital has funded $20 million in microloans to more than 1,500 small businesses, maintaining a 98.5% repayment rate. Notably, 77% of returning clients receive a larger loan amount demonstrating their financial growth.
Morrison developed her passion for small business economic development early in her career while serving as deputy director of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic Development.
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 and nonprofit organizations.
