Habitat for Humanity International thanks retiring board members for service:
Gwendolyn Carol Johnson of Wilmington, Del., is the president and CEO of First Independent Financial Group, founded in 2002 to provide debt financing and equity growth for its real estate business clients throughout the United States. As CEO of the holding company, she oversees six subsidiaries that work together to meet the needs of the company’s clients. She retired from nine years as senior vice president of the GMAC Residential Corporation, where she facilitated the building of more than 100 Habitat for Humanity houses across the country in communities where General Motors and its GMAC subsidiaries have operations. Ms. Johnson received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Cincinnati and a Graduate Key in Savings and Loan Management from Indiana University.