Marimba Milliones is president and CEO of the Hill Community Development
Corporation (Hill CDC) in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania's historic Hill District neighborhood.
She is a practitioner of and national thought leader in equitable development. Her work
is focused on assuring equity in urban-core redevelopment involving low-moderate
income residents, communities of color and cities. Milliones advocates for and utilizes
intentional planning and development practices that honor people, place, culture and
the market. She believes in win-win models. To this end, Milliones led negotiations of a
community benefits agreement with the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins
to assure equitable development for a historic tract of land in the heart of fast-growing
Pittsburgh. The establishment of a city-wide affordable housing task force, and the
largest tax financing district in the history of the City of Pittsburgh were sealed as a part
of the negotiations.

Milliones' policy advocacy over the years has resulted in a more equitable approach to
development throughout the City. She has designed processes that assure that
marginalized communities can be self-determinative in real estate development
including community-level review and approval of projects requiring public subsidy. Her
organization has pipelined and is preparing over 400 renters for homeownership; and
recently launched a residential and commercial community land trust. Most notable is
Milliones' work towards building a Black cultural and commercial neighborhood district
anchored by the restoration of the historic New Granada Theater, new office space and
storefronts, and 40 units of artist-preference affordable housing. The $55M+ mixed-use
development effort will be an iconic example of how culture is a surefire economic
development tool.

Milliones has received numerous recognitions and has served on numerous boards
including the transition team for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's Department of
Community and Economic Development. A graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education, and a Master of
Science from Duquesne University in Multimedia (Interactive) Technology, she is a
passionate communicator who utilizes her educational background to deepen
conversations and dismantle complex concepts for everyday people, especially Hill
District residents. She is a member of Leadership Pittsburgh Class XXXI and LeadNow
Pgh II. Milliones is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and brings a strengths-based
approach to organizational and community development. She has been recognized by
the New Pittsburgh Courier, YMCA, Onyx Woman, Talk Magazine and others. In 2015,
she was recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of Pittsburgh's 15 Future
Powerbrokers. She was recently listed in Pittsburgh Business Times' 2020 List of the
Top 20 people to know in Construction in the Pittsburgh Region.