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Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO
Martina Edwards Leads ACE into its 25th year of growth. With nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Edwards is focused on continuing ACE’s legacy of providing affordable loans to under-resourced business owners.
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ACE Continues to Provide Affordable Capital to Veteran Business Owners Through Veteran Loan Fund
ATLANTA ANNOUNCEMENT $15 Million Veteran Loan Fund Closes Its First Round With Support From Wells Fargo Unprecedented initiative in support of veteran entrepreneurs gains momentum The Veteran Loan Fund announced today that is has raised $15 million in support of veteran-owned business, including seed funding from Wells Fargo. The Veteran Loan Fund is a collaborative…
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Shanon Stewart Named Interim Chief Credit Officer
We are pleased to announce that Shanon Stewart is the new Interim Chief Credit Officer of ACE, effective June 30, 2022. He will be responsible for the overall risk of the ACE lending portfolio. Shanon’s previous role was Senior Credit Analyst where he worked closely with Bonnie Bowling, who served as Chief Credit Officer until…
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ACE Community Profile ~ MARTINA EDWARDS
ACE Chief of Strategic Partnerships, Martina Edwards, was recently profiled among the Atlanta Community Impact Stories on CNote. The story highlights Martina’s career of more than 20 years as a business professional and non-profit leader, including work in corporate fundraising, partnership development and relationship management, where she has delivered strong results in operations, strategy and…
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Client Spotlight: Grant Park Coffeehouse
Grant Park Coffeehouse owner Rahel Tafari (center), with ACE Commercial Loan Officer Chris Clay (right). Grant Park Coffeehouse (GPC) has been a neighborhood staple since it was opened by owner Rahel Tafari on the corner of Cherokee and Augusta avenues in 2010, across from Zoo Atlanta. Tafari has been in the restaurant business since she…
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Client Spotlight: TQ Intelligence
Dr. Yared Alemu launched TQIntelligence Inc. in 2016 and developed a revolutionary talk therapy software that extracts voice biomarkers to measure the severity of emotional distress for children and adolescents. The company’s voice biomarker product, Clarity AI, is a platform that provides objective insights into the impact of trauma on the human brain. Most importantly,…
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ARDINA PIERRE Named SBA’s 2022 Small Business Person of the Year Award Winner
We are pleased to announce that ACE Client, Ardina Pierre, was recognized as the 2022 Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Pierre, who is a Registered Nurse and licensed nutritionist, is owner of Nature’s Own Herb Shop Inc., which has been providing natural whole foods, nutritional and body care…
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ACE Women’s Business Center – Savannah Region Hosts Grand Opening
WBC Directors Nita Penn (L) and Sandra Font (R) with Allen Thomas of SBA The ACE Women’s Business Center– Savannah Region (ACE WBC SAV), an SBA grant-funded center, held a grand opening event on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at the Georgia Coastal Center, located inside Savannah State University’s School of Graduate Studies, in downtown Savannah.…
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ACE Women’s Business Center Named SBA’s 2022 Center of Excellence Award Winner
We are pleased to announce that the Women’s Business Center – Metro Atlanta of ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurship has been selected as the recipient of the SBA’s Women’s Business Center of the Year Excellence Award for 2022. Winning resource partners are chosen by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in recognition of their…
