The board has the fiduciary oversight responsibility for East Portland CIT Corporation. As of January 2022, the board members began expansion and a shift to becoming community/investor led, after a start-up period of being community/expert led: Jennifer Hardnett, President; Larry W. Ettner, Secretary; and John W. Haines, Director. Jennifer is a finance and economic development professional with Clackamas County. She is an investor in EPCIT and facilitator of the CIT Owning to Owning peer learning classes; Larry has served as Professor of Management Practice: Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, since 2008 and was on the Board of Mercy Corps Northwest. John is the Executive Director of the Community Investment Trust for Mercy Corps.