Webinars

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.

December 2024

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

Manuel Ochoa, Principal & Founder, Ochoa Urban Collaborative

September 2024

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

Colette Holt, Principal at Colette Holt & Associates

June 2024

“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

April 2024

“Collaborating with Elected Officials on Small Business Policy”

Kelly Humrichhouser, Director of Government Relations, Main Street America

February 2024

“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