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Consulting Team page 7 of 9 Team Experience Consultant firm have extensive consulting and lived experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion. Seed is a Black-owned consulting practice based in Southern California that specializes in Equity 2.0/Targeted Universalism and Organizational Development, assisting clients both locally and nationally. Seed supports institutions and communities creating visionary initiatives to advance a more equitable and sustainable world. Consultant works with clients to reimagine how power and resources are shared and to create new systems and structures that redefine how institutions partner with the people they serve. Seed has provided DEI consulting services to governments, quasi-government entities and nonprofits (see past and current clients listed below). Specifically, Seed has conducted assessments and developed strategic and operational plans related to Equity 2.0 and Belonging. Team Biographies Paul C. Hudson Consultant and Project Contact Paul is a co-founder and senior consultant with Seed Collaborative, LLC2 . Prior to his Consulting work, he served as Chairman and CEO of Broadway Federal Bank, a certified Community Development Financial Institution that serves the financial needs of low to moderate income communities of color in South Los Angeles. Paul has served as Chairman of the Los Angeles City Community Redevelopment Agency, President of the Los Angeles NAACP, and on the board of the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Los Angeles City Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, the California State Housing Finance Agency, Los Angeles City Police and Fire Employees’ Pension Fund, the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. Paul earned his bachelor’s and J.D. degrees from University of California at Berkeley and is a member of the State Bar of California and the District of Columbia Bar. Tara L. Taylor Lead Consultant and Project Manager As a co-founder of Seed Collaborative, Tara is a subject matter expert in Urban Planning matters and economic development and community economic development finance. She also provides leadership for the firm in the areas of financial management and business strategy. Mrs. Taylor spent her early career in Boston as a development and marketing associate with First Night, Inc. before moving on to work at Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF/ ICA Group, a nationally focused socially- responsibly venture capital fund. After arriving in Los Angeles, she settled at Community Financial Resource Center (CFRC), Los Angeles’ first certified Community Development Financial Institution. Tara was an executive with CFRC for 16 years, the last eight years of which she served as its COO. A graduate of Wellesley College, Ms. Taylor’s education also includes a Master of Arts in Urban Planning in Regional and International Economic Development from the University of California, Los 2 https://seedcollab.com/