An Ohio native and graduate of Harvard College, UCLA and Fresno State’s Craig School of Business, Allysunn Walker’s career has stretched across the community economic development landscape where she has created wealth-building opportunities for communities of color in her roles as CEO, consultant, small business owner, investor, author and strategic leader. 

Allysunn currently serves as President & CEO of the Southwest Fresno Development Corporation and was one of the organization’s founders in 2012. SWFDC focuses on building community wealth and power for residents of SW Fresno through homeownership and small business ownership. She believes in market-driven solutions to transform communities and sees ownership as the key tool to reduce and eliminate America’s racial wealth gap. 

Allysunn in 2009 co-owned a real estate brokerage that acquired and rehabbed more than 40 foreclosed properties, ran a mortgage lending arm, and owned 9 multi-family properties of her own. She recently boomeranged back to Fresno in 2020 to continue serving community, and to support her son at Fresno State where he’s now a Junior, and of course, is a real estate and business major. 

Her Board and civic service includes Union Bank’s Community Advisory Board; Citizens Business Bank’s Community Advisory Board; Central Fresno Neighborhood Trust, Federal Reserve Bank of SF Women, Health and Wealth Task Force; CSU-Fresno President’s Advisory Council; the Central Valley Community Foundation Board; the Economic Development Corporation serving Fresno County Board; West Fresno Family Resource Center Board; and the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board. 

She is the proud mother two brilliant young adults, Chas and Sarah.