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Team

Small Business Support Staff

Leadership

KEVIN JOHNSON

KEVIN JOHNSON

President & CEO, DEGC

MARLO RENCHER, PhD, CDE

President, Detroit Means Business

SEAN GRAY

Vice President – Small Business Services, DEGC

ANDREW LUCCO

Director Of Motor City Match

LASHAWNA MANIGAULT

Director Of District Business Liaison Program

MD-ABDUL MUHIT

Associate Director Of District Business Liaison Program, District 3 Business Liaison

MARIANGELA PLEDL

Director Of Neighborhood Grocery & Food Access

Detroit Means Business

MARLO RENCHER, PhD, CDE

President

LAURA CORP

LAURA CORP

Impact Director

TENECIA JOHNSON

Outreach Director

TEKEYAH GAINES

TEKEYAH GAINES

Senior Digital Strategy Manager

MONIKA MCKAY-POLLY

MONIKA MCKAY-POLLY

Business Assistance Manager

JENNIFER L. RINCONES

JENNIFER L. RINCONES

Operations and Outreach Coordinator

SYDNEY WILSON

SYDNEY WILSON

Senior Collaboration Specialist

District Business Liaisons

LASHAWNA MANIGAULT

LASHAWNA MANIGAULT

Director

Bryan Davis

BRYAN DAVIS

District 1 DBL

Tunisia Turner

TUNESIA TURNER

District 2 DBL

MD-ABDUL MUHIT

MD-ABDUL MUHIT

Associate Director, District 3 DBL

AFTAN MALONE

District 4 DBL

COMING SOON

District 5 DBL

NANCY CEPEDA

NANCY CEPEDA

District 6 DBL

SAMI ELHADY

SAMI ELHADY

District 7 DBL

BuyDetroit

MIKKI GODFREY

MIKKI GODFREY

Director

LAURYN JOHNSON

LAURYN JOHNSON

Program Coordinator

Motor City Match

ANDREW LUCCO

Director

DENISE COLONA

Small Business Services Development Manager

LATOSHA FRANKLIN

Technical Assistance Manager

Classes & Workshops Coordinator

MEDVIS JACKSON

Classes & Workshops Coordinator

LIELLE SAAD

Marketing & Technology Coordinator

MADISON SCHILLIG

Design Coordinator

SIDNI SMITH

Motor City Match Data Analyst

Exec Committee

Pierre Batton
JPMorgan Chase

Dave Blaszkiewicz
Invest Detroit

Tim Carter
McKinsey

Nicole Sherard-Freeman
City of Detroit

David Hamilton
McKinsey

Kevin D. Johnson
DEGC

Pamela Lewis
New Economy Initiative

Conrad Mallett
City of Detroit

David E Meador
DTE

Carla Walker-Miller, Chair
Walker-Miller Energy Services

Chuck Nolen, Vice Chair
Cutter's Bar & Grill

Funders

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Coalition Partners

DMB is a coalition of more than 60 public, private and philanthropic leaders, Detroit-based business support organizations and civic minded small-business entrepreneurs. Its goal is to identify and remove systemic barriers to small-business success by working collectively and leveraging its significant influence to provide resources and improve Detroit’s small business ecosystem.

Bedrock Detroit

Black Leaders Detroit

City of Detroit

Community Reinvestment Fund

DTE Energy

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Detroit Future City

Detroit Regional Chamber

Global Detroit

Invest Detroit

McKinsey Consulting

Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance

Michigan Community Resources

New Economy Initiative

TechTown Detroit

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