Our Steering Committee

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Our coalition is guided by a Steering Committee who represent organizations focused on serving the Coalition’s target businesses. At all times, a majority of Steering Committee members will be people who identify as Black, Latinx, Indigenous, or a member of another historically under-resourced demographic group.

Alberto Calvo

Treasurer, Hispanic-American Institute

Amine Benali

CFA, Managing Director,
Strategy and Development, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund

Betty Francisco

CEO, Boston Impact Initiative

Frank Carvalho

Principal Owner, Frank Carvalho Consulting; Former Executive Director, Mill Cities Community Investments

Glynn Lloyd

Executive Director, Foundation for Business Equity and CEO, Mill Cities Community Investments

Jeff Hamilton

President and CEO, Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services

Joseph Kriesberg

CEO, MassINC

Lawrence Andrews

President and CEO, Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation

Nia Evans

Executive Director,
Boston Ujima Project

Nicole Obi

President and CEO,
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts

Courtney Brunson

Vice President and Chief Program Officer,
The Boston Foundation

Priya Ashok Lane

BizGrow Director,
Lawyers for Civil Rights

Samalid Hogan

Regional Director,
MA Small Business Development Center Network Western Office