SBAN hosts regular webinars with experts on topics of common interest across our membership. Our goal is to provide opportunities for network-wide learning and discussion.

“Strengthening Resilient Communities: How to Use Main Street’s Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Toolkit”

Manuel Ochoa, Principal & Founder, Ochoa Urban Collaborative

“DEI Overhaul: The Changing DEI Climate & What it Means for Small Business Advocates”

Colette Holt, Principal at Colette Holt & Associates

“Navigating Commercial Leases as an Anti-Displacement Tool”

• Bobby Boone, SBAN Senior Practitioner and Founder & Chief Strategist, &Access
• Raeshawn Bumphers, founder and CEO, Pink Poodle Bridal
• Derek Edwards, Senior Vice President, Invest Detroit
• Ritu Mahajan Estes, Directing Attorney, Public Counsel
• Doug Smith, Senior Director of Policy and Legal Strategy, Inclusive Action for the City

“Collaborating with Elected Officials on Small Business Policy”

Kelly Humrichhouser, Director of Government Relations, Main Street America

“Entrepreneurial System Strengthening: Evidence From The Field”

• Dionne Baux, Chief Programs Officer, Main Street America
• LeJuano Varnell, Executive Director, Sweet Auburn Works
• Mileyka Burgos-Flores, Founder & CEO, The Allapattah Collaborative CDC

“Anti-Trust Policy & Advocacy: Helping Small Businesses Push Back Against Monopoly Power”

• Kennedy Smith, Senior Researcher, Institute For Local Self-Reliance
• Stacy Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, Institute For Local Self-Reliance

“Utilizing Data About BIPOC-Owned Small Businesses”

• Rachel Thieme, Development Project Manager, City of Beaverton, Oregon
• Paolo Esteban, Program Coordinator, City of Beaverton, Oregon
• Nicholas Finio, Associate Director, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
• Gerrit Knaap, SBAN Senior Leader and Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Maryland

“How Communities are Connecting with Faith Groups to Build Shared Missions that Promote Inclusive Economies”

Derek Peebles, Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, American Sustainable Business Network

“How Developers Can Practice Equitable Development and Bring Wealth to Communities of Color”

Greg Reaves, Founder and CEO, Mosaic Development Partners

Leslie Smallwood-Lewis, Founder and COO, Mosaic Development Partners

“Innovative Strategies to Curb Displacement Through New Financing and Real Estate Models”

Oscar Perry Abello, Senior Economic Justice Correspondent, NextCity

“Hennepin County’s Community Asset Transition Fund: Helping BIPOC Business Owners Buy Property”

Ryan Kelley, Community Investments Manager, Hennepin County, Minnesota

“New Markets Support Company: Funds to Support Entrepreneurs of Color” (New Markets Support Company is now Broadstreet Impact Services)

• Nzinga Broussard, Senior Manager of Research, New Markets Support Company
• Daniel Brett, Vice President of Impact, New Markets Support Company

“SBAN’s Office of Capital Access in Conversation with SBAN Members”

Veronica Pugin, Senior Advisor, Office of Capital Access, U.S. Small Business Administration