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Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc – Buckhead Business Radio

May 5, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc - Buckhead Business Radio

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Robert Yancy, Terri Denison, Sandy Headley, Cassius Butts

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Cassius F. Butts/U.S. Small Business Administration

Regional Administrator

Cassius F. Butts was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. He is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. During his appointment, Cassius has managed oversight of three record breaking years for SBA lending in Region IV. Nearly $15 billion in SBA-backed loans were awarded to small businesses within the aforementioned eight states.

Cassius Butts has over 20 years of experience in government, business, and public administration endeavors. Prior to joining SBA, Cassius was employed as one of three Chiefs of the Real Estate Owned Division with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2002.

Prior to his 10 year tenure within the federal government, Cassius Butts worked in senior leadership positions for city government agencies, national lending institutions and higher education. Since 2006, he has also been a Visiting Professor with DeVry Universitys Keller Graduate School of Management.

As co-founder of CB Consultants, LLC, Cassius Butts has advised many elected officials, local governments and many small businesses over the years. His community-engagement knowledge and appreciation of small business is extensive.

Cassius Butts is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Edgewood High School in Orlando, Florida. Cassius graduated from Morehouse College and received his graduate degree from Clark Atlanta Universitys School of Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commissions Regional Leadership Institute and is a 2012 Leadership Atlanta graduate.

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Terri Denison/U.S. Small Business Administration

Georgia District Director

Terri Denison is the Georgia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role since May 2002, she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the SBA’s programs and resources throughout Georgia. In 1987, Terri began her SBA career as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Agency’s Washington, D. C. District and Headquarter Offices. Other positions included working with the Agency’s 8(a) Business Development and One Stop Capital Shop programs and Office of Field Operations. In 1994, she served as the SBA representative on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Interagency Task Force. From 1996 to 2002, Terri was the SBA Indiana Deputy Director.

As Georgia District Director, Terri has received honors from the Atlanta Business League, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Microenterprise Network, Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Who’s Who in Black Atlanta.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Ms. Denison holds a B.A. Degree in American Government from Cornell University and an M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Personal interests include travel and ballroom dancing. She serves as the Vice President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta.

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Dr. Robert Yancy/SCORE Atlanta

Chairman of the Atlanta chapter

Dr. Yancy is Chairman of the Atlanta chapter of SCORE, a national small business assistance, volunteer organization. He was founding Dean of the School of Management at Southern Polytechnic State University and partner in several small business startups. He was recently named Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year (2015) by SBA.

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Sandy Headley/Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc.

Chief Lending Officer

Sandy has been with ACE since 2007. While at ACE, Sandy grew its portfolio from $2 million to $28 million thus creating or saving nearly 4,000 jobs. She helped develop multiple ACE financial products, implemented credit reporting for loans, and expanded ACEs service area into Atlanta.

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STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

April 29, 2015 by Mike

On the Money

STARTING A NEW BUSINESS: Peter Hildebrandt with SCORE

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On this episode of “On the Money”, host Joe Moss of Embassy National Bank interviews Peter Hildebrandt of SCORE about how that organization helps small businesses get off the ground.

Peter Hildebrandt/SCORE

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. They have been doing this for over 50 years.

Since their work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to a network of over 11,000 volunteers, they are able to deliver their services at no charge or at very low cost. Anyone can sit down for mentoring sessions with a SCORE mentor, and it’s always free. The SCORE mentors are all successful business people who have either started their own business or been executives in larger organizations

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“On the Money” focuses on topics and issues allowing small businesses to better navigate the financial services minefield, with analysis and opinions from today’s industry experts on banking and loans. “On the Money” also introduces you to some of the top small business leaders in the Atlanta market.

Hosted by Joe Moss, the president of Embassy National Bank, “On the Money” airs live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM EST from the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett.

Robert J. Yancy with SCORE Atlanta and Lloyd Atkins with University of Georgia SBDC

June 10, 2014 by angishields

Let's Talk Small Business

Robert J. Yancy with SCORE Atlanta and Lloyd Atkins with University of Georgia SBDC

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Small business owners, do you have a strategic plan for business growth? How about for succession planning? Learn the how’s and the why’s of these business imperatives during our interview with Lloyd Atkins of the University of Georgia SBDC and Robert Yancy, Ph.D., of SCORE Atlanta. A wealth of FREE information and resources are within your reach! Listen in and then take advantage for the success of your business.

Robert J. Yancy, Ph.D. / SCORE Atlanta

Robert J. Yancy is the current Chairman of SCORE Chapter 48 (SCORE Atlanta). He has been a SCORE volunteer for 8 years.

Yancy retired in 2006, after 23 years as Professor and 15 years as founding Dean of the School of Management at Southern Polytechnic State University. He was elected “Professor Emeritus” and “Outstanding Faculty of the Year” for 2005-2006, and received the university’s nomination to the “University System of Georgia Hall of Fame” in 2006.

During his tenure as an administrator in the University System of Georgia, Dr. Yancy served as Chairman of the Regent’s Council of Business School Deans, and as Chairman of the Regent’s Advisory Committee on Graduate Affairs.

Prior to working at Southern Polytechnic he served the faculties of the University of West Georgia, Clark Atlanta University, Hampton University, Albany State University, and Southern University.

He has a number of research publications relating to small business and management, including a six-part series entitled “Managing Business” that appeared in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and a book entitled Federal Government Policy and Black Business Enterprise. He also co-authored (with Dr. Edward D. Irons) a series of case studies on African American entrepreneurs.

Dr. Yancy’s business experience includes the following: partner in Park Space, an airport shuttle parking facility in Atlanta; ownership/management of residential rental properties, President and CEO of ZEBRA Corp., a pioneering manufacturer of industrial paints and coatings, and consultant with FRANNET (a franchise sales organization). He is currently managing partner of Yancy’s Place LLC an on-line referral service for home healthcare. He has also consulted for a number of businesses, large and small.

Dr. Yancy has participated in the Babson College, “Seminar in Entrepreneurial Education” and has done post-graduate work in Higher Education Administration. He earned the B.A. degree from Morehouse College, the M.B.A. from Atlanta University, and the Ph.D. from the Northwestern University, “Kellogg School of Management”. (He defended his Ph.D. dissertation on the day before his 29th birthday).

Dr. Yancy is a member of a number of civic and community oriented organizations including100 Black Men of Atlanta, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, SCORE, and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. He is listed in a number of reference publications including; “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry in America,” “Outstanding Young Man in America,” “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” the “International Directory of Distinguished Leadership,” “Black Georgian of the Year in Business,” “Pioneer Businessman of the Year’,” and “Living Legends in Black.”

Lloyd Atkins / University of Georgia SBDC

Lloyd Atkins is a consultant with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center’s Office of Minority Business Development. Prior to joining the staff of the Office of Minority Business Development, Mr. Atkins was a business consultant with the Georgia State University SBDC in Atlanta for 26 years. He is an experienced small business

advisor specializing in procurement issues. Atkins has made presentations on the subject at the ASBDC Annual Conferences and more recently at the Association of Procurement Assistance Centers Annual Spring Training Conference in Atlanta in April 2013. Additionally, Atkins does quarterly workshops on SBA 8(a) certification for the SBA Georgia

District office as well as other certification workshops for SBDC offices around the state of Georgia.