Experience: Barbara Morrison is founder and president of TMC Development, a certified development company (CDC) based in San Francisco that has provided real estate financing for over 28 years. TMC specifically offers commercial real estate financing for owner-user buyers utilizing the US Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loan program. Clients are successful, growing small and medium-sized businesses located in California and Nevada. Since inception TMC has financed over $5.2 billion for more than 3,400 small businesses. TMC ranks annually as the largest SBA lender in Northern California, and has been in the top 10 CDCs nationally for over a decade. Morrison is also the founder and board president of Working Solutions, an innovative nonprofit organization that assists underserved microentrepreneurs with accessing the capital they need to start and grow their businesses. Morrison has served as a Council Member for the City of Belvedere since 2002 and is currently serving a term as Mayor. Morrison was also Mayor from 2005 to 2006. Morrison previously served as deputy director of the Mayor's Office of Economic Development in San Francisco and worked for five years in investment banking. Here awards include SF Commission on the Status of Women 1997 Women Who Make a Difference, SF Business Times Women in Leadership Award 1997, and the 1999 Arthur Goodman Achievement and Diversity Award from the National Association of Development Companies, among others.