As a mother of four navigating Atlanta rush hours, Amia Guild understood the challenges of transportation. “It can be hard to work a full day and go from one end of town to another,” she said. She was always quick to lend a hand to friends and neighbors who needed a...
Rachael with her children, Jordan and Trace. A self-described “Army brat,” Rachael Hancock was born in Germany and lived for awhile in Atlanta, but when she decided to put down roots, she settled into the mountains of north Georgia. She works as the accounting manager...
Dale Royal has joined the board of directors of ACE and is now chair of the board’s loan committee, on which he served for the past year. Royal serves as the executive director for Local Initiatives Support Corporation in Atlanta, the 33rd metropolitan program office...
Montina Young Portis was a single parent posting videos on YouTube as a hobby. She amassed 12,000 subscribers to her channel and realized she had a knack for business and storytelling. Six years ago, she launched Creative Internet Authority, rebranded in 2018 as CIA...
Pictured L-R: Terri Denison, District Director, SBA State of Georgia; Ray Pennie, President of Business Development, ACE; and, Jeff Patterson, Supervisory LRS/EDS, SBA State of Georgia Terri Denison and Jeff Patterson, both with the State of Georgia SBA...
ACE has announced that Martina Edwards has joined the organization as Chief of Strategic Partnerships. In this new role, Edwards is responsible for all fundraising activities for the nonprofit organization and, in partnership with ACE President and CEO Grace Fricks,...
