The City of Columbus thanks its Small Business Agenda Advisory Committee Members and many public and private sector partners for their unwavering commitment of time and talent invested throughout the comprehensive assessment of our small business and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Small Business Agenda - Advisory Committee members
- Thalia Amador, Columbus State Community College SBDC (previously)
- Otto Beatty, Intelligent Office
- Alex Beres, Franklin County
- Shaundretta Boykins, ECDI, The Women’s Business Center of Central Ohio
- Sarah Briggs, AT&T
- Kristy Campbell, Rev1 Ventures
- Melinda Carter, Urban League – MBAC
- Michael Childs, United Midwest Savings Bank
- Nate Coffman, Ohio CDC Association
- Derek DeHart, Root Insurance
- Don DePerro, Columbus Chamber of Commerce
- Alex Derkson, JPMorgan Chase
- Allison DeSantis, Ohio Secretary of State
- Falon Donahue, Venture Ohio
- Thomas Eveland, Ohio Dominican University
- Christy Farnbauch, NAWBO Columbus
- Maggie Ference, Huntington National Bank
- Shannon Feucht, US Small Business Administration
- Averi Frost, Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce (COAACC)
- Laura Frum, CCDC
- Anne Geggie, Finance Fund
- Sean Grant, OneColumbus
- Gail Kelley, Two Men and a Truck
- Bob Leighty, Parsons Area Merchants Association
- Kate Lukeman, Goldman Sachs Foundation
- Heather Marsh, MarshWagner
- Steven Moore, Columbus Foundation
- Yas Motoyama, Ohio State University, City and Regional Planning
- Jacqueline Neal, Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council
- Eddie Pauline, Ohio State University
- Linda Pringle Evans, Pringle & Associates, LLC
- Paul Reeder, Ohio State University
- Elton Smith, Smith Construction
- Keena Smith, Franklin County
- Michael Smithson, On Air Communications
- Molly Tafrate, SocialVentures
- Chessie Wyche, Diversity Compliance Coalition of Ohio (DCCO)
- Randy Zipfel, SCORE