Martin Daniel Eakes
{{Short description|American businessman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Martin Daniel Eakes
| birth_place = Greensboro, North Carolina
| nationality = American
| education = Graduated from Davidson College
J.D. from Yale Law School
M.P.P. from Princeton University
| occupation = Economic development strategist and credit union CEO
| title = co-founder of the Center for Community Self-Help in Durham
| spouse = Barbara Marie Wright
| children = Justin and Carlyn
}}
Martin Daniel Eakes is an American economic development strategist, and credit union CEO.
Eakes grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Davidson College, where he majored in physics and philosophy, and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an M.P.P. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
In 1980, he co-founded the Center for Community Self-Help in Durham. Self-Help provides consumer financial services technical support and advocacy for those left out of the economic mainstream. The nonprofit is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and has offices in South Carolina, Florida, Washington, D.C., California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Through Self-Help's Center for Responsible Lending, Eakes has advocated for fair lending practices and sound economic policies.{{cite web |url=http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/2013/ |title=2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner |website=www.civilrights.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401034213/http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/2013 |archive-date=2013-04-01}}
In 1998, he helped form the Center for Responsible Lending.{{cite web |url=http://www.microfinanceusa2010.org/speakers/index.php |title=Microfinance USA 2010 - Speakers |website=www.microfinanceusa2010.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607041857/http://www.microfinanceusa2010.org/speakers/index.php |archive-date=7 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Boards
Eakes is a Trustee of the Ford Foundation and a member of its Education, Creativity and Free Expression Committee.{{cite web |url=http://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/leadership/martin-eakes |title=Leadership / About Us / Ford Foundation |accessdate=2013-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513141606/http://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/leadership/martin-eakes |archivedate=2013-05-13 }}
Eakes is a Trustee of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.{{cite web |url=http://www.guilford.edu/about-guilford/leadership/board-of-trustees/board-of-trustees-information/ |title=Board of Trustees Information | Guilford College |accessdate=2013-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731024158/http://www.guilford.edu/about-guilford/leadership/board-of-trustees/board-of-trustees-information/ |archivedate=2013-07-31 }} He also serves on its national Board of Advisors for the Center for Principled Problem Solving.
Personal
He is married to Barbara Marie Wright; they have two children, Justin and Carlyn.{{cite web |url=http://www2.davidson.edu/news/news_archives/archives_imgs/0110_convocation/0110convo-citation1.html |title=Martin Eakes, Bonnie Wright Citation |accessdate=2010-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626004455/http://www2.davidson.edu/news/news_archives/archives_imgs/0110_convocation/0110convo-citation1.html |archivedate=2010-06-26 }}
Awards
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- 1996 MacArthur Fellows Program
- Ford Foundation grant
- 2009 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending.
- 2009 AARP Inspire Awards Honoree{{cite web|url=http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/|title=Advocates for Health Care, Social Security and Older Workers|website=AARP|language=english|access-date=2019-11-06}}
- 2011 Ford Foundation Visionaries Award for his contributions to creating financial opportunities for the poor
- 2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights{{cite web |url=http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/ |title=Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights |accessdate=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231112455/http://www.civilrights.org/dinner/ |archivedate=2009-12-31 }}
- 2015 James Madison Medal from the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA){{cite web|url=https://alumni.princeton.edu/volunteer/awards/jamesmadisonmedal|title=The James Madison Medal {{!}} Alumni Association of Princeton University|website=alumni.princeton.edu|access-date=2019-11-06}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Greensboro, North Carolina
Category:Davidson College alumni
Category:Yale Law School alumni
Category:Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni
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Category:American chief executives of financial services companies