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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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Client Spotlight: Modern Podiatry, LLC
A Fayetteville, GA native, Dr. Kibibi Wanzu, DPM is a caring and compassionate podiatrist specializing in diabetic foot care, sports podiatry, and aesthetic procedures. Her practice, Modern Podiatry, provides medical and surgical management of foot, ankle and leg conditions for patients of all ages in clinical, in-patient and outpatient hospital, and nursing home settings. After…
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Atlanta Rapper DEANTE’ HITCHCOCK Partners with ACE Women’s Business Center to Help Women Business Owners Succeed
Atlanta, Georgia, March 16, 2022 – Today, Grammy-nominated Atlanta rapper Deante’ Hitchcock announces the launch of The Mother God Project in partnership with local nonprofit Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE) Women’s Business Center. Powered by Deante’ Hitchcock, The Mother God Project will provide assistance to 100 women within his community in order to…
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Staff Spotlight: Misty McCrackin
Misty McCrackin is a Loan Operations Specialist. She comes to ACE with 21 years of banking experience serving in various roles, with 19 years as a Loan Assistant. She serves as the treasurer of her church and love spending time with family. “I love working at ACE because of the company vision and being able…
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Staff Spotlight: Meet Chris Clay
Commercial Loan Officer, ACE Chris Clay describes himself as an advocate of equitable communities and a highly motivated change agent. ACE is fortunate that he joined us in June of 2021 as a Commercial Loan Officer to help with our mission of serving Georgia businesses. In his early career, Chris was searching for the best…
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ACE Welcomes Newest Board Member, Miguel Alandete
Mr. Miguel Alandete has joined the board of directors at ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs. Alandete is the Senior Vice President – SBA Lending Sales Manager at First Horizon Bank in Atlanta, where he oversees a dedicated team of eight SBA product specialists that provide government guaranteed lending products such as the SBA…
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ACE Heralds Brown Toy Box Deal With American Retail Giant, Target
ACE deal enables Brown Toy Box to add Black representation to toy aisles via their custom STEM/STEAM educational toys at over a thousand Target outlets across the U.S. Atlanta, Georgia. December 24th, 2021 – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurship (ACE) client Brown Toy Box recently secured a national distribution deal with American retail giant, Target…
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Jimmy John’s Franchise- SW Georgia
An Atlanta native and military veteran, Felicia Parks is an African American owner of a Jimmy Johns franchise in Southwest Georgia. With nearly six years under her belt as a franchisee she had hired over 75 employees and had hit a stride in business, but nothing could have prepared her for the COVID-19 pandemic and…
