Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation announced that John Hope Bryant has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Bryant is chairman and chief executive officer of Bryant Group Ventures and The Promise Homes Company (TPHC). Bryant founded TPHC as a start-up idea in the summer of 2017, and, by the summer of 2021, it had become the largest minority controlled single family home rental company in the nation.

Further, Mr. Bryant has served as a director of Nextdoor Holdings Inc. since November 2021 and currently serves on its Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Responsibility Committee. Mr. Bryant is also the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Operation HOPE Inc. He has served as an advisor to three sitting U.S. presidents from both political parties. Mr. Bryant is a founding member of Clinton Global Initiative and a member of the World Economic Forum's The Forum of Young Global Leaders.

In addition, he hosts a national podcast series on iHeart and is a regular guest on CNBC's Squawk Box, a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and a contributor to Huffington Post and Black Enterprise.