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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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Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman
Financial Advisor, ACE Glenn Bachman joined the ACE team after spending more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, professional angel investor and business advisor. As an entrepreneur, he has started, built, and sold multiple businesses. As a professional angel investor, Glenn served as a board member and co-chair of the screening committee for Atlanta Technology…
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Staff Spotlight: Meet Kimberly Jackson
Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist, ACE Kimberly Jackson is the Grant Manager and Reporting Specialist at ACE. She is an experienced Operational Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in various project management roles in non-profit organizations requiring strong data management skills in business process development and data analysis. Jackson’s project management and reports and…
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Sage Invests $250,000 in ACE to Provide Financing and Education for Small Business in Georgia
The yearlong commitment will provide business advisory and lending services for underserved and low-income communities. Atlanta, Georgia. November 10, 2021 – Sage is investing $250,000 in critically needed grant funding to strengthen ACE’s Recovery and Resiliency initiatives. The multi-faceted grant will support organizational capacity, business advisory and lending through an interest rate buydown subsidy for…
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ACE Expands Partnership With JPMorgan Chase and LISC Atlanta With The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund
Atlanta, Georgia October 26, 2021. ACE is excited to share that we are a part of the network of CDFIs and funders partnering with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the EOCF to provide underserved entrepreneurs in Atlanta with capital and technical support. Launch of the partnership was announced on Tuesday, October 26th at Morehouse College by Mayor…
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Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation
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. One afternoon, she showed up at school where kids were congregated outside. “This child asked me if I was…