Kevin G. Chavers, is a former member of the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac, a member of the Board of Directors of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Chimera Investment Corporation, Toorak Capital Partners and the Board of Trustees of the Optimum Funds. He was formerly a Managing Director, and member of the Global Fixed Income Securitized Asset Investment Team at BlackRock. He was also a Co Leader of the BlackRock Impact Opportunity fund and formerly a member of the Global Public Policy Group and Government Relations Steering Committee. He began his career at BlackRock in the Financial Markets Advisory Group. 

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2011, Mr. Chavers was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he served as a Senior Relationship Manager with coverage responsibilities for the mortgage Government Sponsored Enterprises and related clients. He previously headed the global mortgage operating businesses of Morgan Stanley during their strategic repositioning. He also led strategy, execution and banking for the mortgage principal finance team within the Securitized Products Group. 

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was a vice president in the Mortgage Securities Department at Goldman Sachs &

Mr. Chavers is a graduate of Harvard Law School and earned a Bachelor’s in City Planning from the University Of Virginia School Of Architecture.

He currently serves on the boards of directors of Enterprise Community Partners, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, the University of Virginia Foundation and the Penn Institute for Urban Research. He is a former Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellow. 

Kevin is a native Philadelphian, and resides in the New York metropolitan area.