Position:
Vice President of Economic Development at COGIC Urban Initiative, CEO at EW & Associates, Inc.
Industry:
Nonprofit Organization Management
Work:
COGIC Urban Initiative
since Jul 2010
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Vice President of Economic Development
EW & Associates, Inc.
since 1999
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CEO
Association for Enterprise Opportunity
2002 - 2009
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Senior Director
BusinessNOW
Apr 1996 - May 2002
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Director of Community Development
Education:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Skills:
Email Marketing, Non-profits, Fundraising, Publishing, Resource Development, PowerPoint
Interests:
Non-fiction writing, professional speaker, theater, organizational development, strategic planning, professional networking, international travel, interior decorating, reading everything
Honor & Awards:
• Who’s Who in Black Atlanta - 2007, 2009
• The Rose Award for Excellence in Outreach Ministry – 2008
• The Tommy Nobis Center Outstanding Achievement in Professional Advocacy Award
• Delta Sigma Theta 25 Year Service Award - 2007
• Georgia Microenterprise Network Recognition Award, 2001, 2007
• Cathedral of Faith Service Award 2007
• Letters of Commendation from: President Bill Clinton (At the Table Forum 2000), Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (Fifth Annual Sister to Sister Legislative Forum), Patricia McDaniel – City of Chattanooga Office of Economic Development, Richard D’Ambrosio of American Express Corporation and Actress/Philanthropist Jane Fonda.
• Small business expert quoted in numerous newspapers, most recently in the Wall Street Journal Feb 2009