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  • ACE April 2019 Newsletter

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  • Meet our Accounting Manager, Rachael Hancock

    Meet our Accounting Manager, Rachael Hancock

    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 for ACE, overseeing monthly company financial activities and also handling…

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  • Dale Royal Joins ACE Board of Directors

    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 for the national social enterprise. “We are pleased to welcome…

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  • Shop Early for Mothers Day!

    Shop Early for Mothers Day!

    We love our ACE clients and the quality products they offer! Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th, and will be here soon! Here are some traditional Mother’s Day gift ideas and some very unique ones.  Shop early and surprise your Mom with a special gift this year! The Makeup Bullet – “HiDef Cosmetic Finger Sponge” created…

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  • Client Spotlight: CIA Media Group, LLC

    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 Media Group, a nationwide video production and creative marketing agency that…

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  • ACE Honored as Mission Lender 3rd Year in a Row by SBA

    ACE Honored as Mission Lender 3rd Year in a Row by SBA

    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 District Office, presented ACE with the “Mission Based Lender Award” for fiscal year 2018 – the…

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  • Martina Edwards Named Chief of Strategic Partnerships for ACE

    Martina Edwards Named Chief of Strategic Partnerships for ACE

    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, will establish and implement fundraising goals and strategies. Edwards has more than 18 years of…

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