Selected work

Advised community banking and economic-development leaders on CDFI formation, local capital infrastructure, and strategies to expand small-business financing.

Executed Cargill’s first national agribusiness accelerator, connecting Black farmers and agribusiness owners with business education, capital resources, banking relationships, and corporate market opportunities.

Leads research and strategy  for lenders, corporations, universities, and ecosystem organizations examining how capital, referrals, programs, and institutional relationships shape business growth and entrepreneurial outcomes.