Click above to open the Fall 2003 catalog of Adult/Youth Entrepreneurial/Small Business Communiversity workshops.
In photo, Charlayne McFarland, Student, Business Plan Workshop, October 2002. “Learning How to Be Her Own Boss.”
The business plan course was very encouraging. It’s never too late to start writing your vision. It was basic step-by-step planning.”
Photo by Jonna Naylor.
About Us...
We provide access to on-going business development resources, office space, consulting, workshops and technical resources through a combination of in-house expertise and a network of community organizations. Fill out our consulting form below.
Executive Director
Pamela J. Rich-Wheeler, MBA
Pamela is responsible for the strategic management of The Business Center. She manages the overall business operation; develops plans for fundraising initiatives; monitors long-term goals of tenants and affiliates; identifies prospects; reviews the performance and relevance of programs, and services and develops new markets. prichwheeler@msn.com
Solomon Wheeler has been named Director Of Entrepreneurial Programs at The Business Center. He will work with both start up and established businesses and will provide loan packaging services for clients. Wheeler is one of the co-founders of The Business Center. swheeler03@msn.com
Tammy Coston, the new administrative assistant, will provide secretarial and clerical functions and serve as a liaison to the Executive Director, tenants and the media. thebizctr@msn.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
W. Codi Anderson
Chairman & CEO,
ACG Associates Anderson Consulting Group
Steven L. Bayne
Director of Community Services
Office of Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr.
Larry Bell
Business Services Division
University of Pennsylvania
Timothy Butts
Senior Manager
Information Technology/Customer Response Management,
GlaxoSmithkline
Christopher Chaplin
Zone Fund Officer
WORC
Phyllis Eggleston
Retired, School District of Philadelphia
Angela Gracey
President and Founder,
Rhema Writing Concepts
Bishop Dr. C. Milton Grannum, Ed.D., Ph.D.
Pastor, New Covenant Church of Philadelphia
Howard James
Assistant Vice President
Supervision Regulation & Credit,
Information Technology,
Federal Reserve
Bill Parshall
Director,
Temple University Center City Campus
Sandra Sowell-Scott
State Director of Youth Entrepreneurial Training
Leah Williams
President/CEO
Nahari Consulting Service, Inc.
Instructors and Consultants
Below are short bios about our instructors/consultants. If you would like to use our consulting services, please fill in the form below the bios.
Ollie Adams is currently a contract specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA). She has worked with them for 10 years.
Lurrell R. Alston, BS, Poli Sci — President of Alston Consulting, has over 15 years of Marketing and Sales experience.
Ar’Marlon Barbour, Founder of SOAR Development Program, an intervention program for at risk youth. He currently works as a Youth and Family Services Consultant and Therapeutic Counselor for the PA Clinical School.
Iola Carter, BS is currently the Director for The Avenue Project with Mt. Airy• USA. Ms. Carter is President of IC Consulting Services, a firm which provides training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs.
Christopher Chaplin, MBA, has over 10 years banking experience in Jamaica and the United States. He is currently the Loan Fund Manager for the Economic Opportunity Fund.
Jay Cohen, MA, the former Educational Technology Director at WHYY, Inc., he formed DelawareValley.org, an organization that will assist non-profits by providing an on-line portal for their news and events.
Edwina Coverson-Barnes, BS, Bus. Adm., currently the Program Manager at The Business Center, has over 7 years of educational program development, management, and training experience for adults and youth. NFTE certified teacher.
Michael Cunningham is licensed and certified in three major areas of finances: Insurance, Investing, and Loans. He now serves as the Director of the Institute for Financial Success (IFS) at New Covenant Church of Philadelphia.
John Darnall has over 38 years of experience in the financial lending industry and is a licensed First Mortgage Broker. He founded his own counsulting business which provides private financial consultations.
Lisa Duhart-Collins, BA, Communication, has 15 years experience in Marketing/Public Relations. Founder of Creative Focus Media.
Angela M. Gracey, Founder and President of Rhema Writing Concepts, has 20 years of experience in office and business administration. She is a conference speaker and author of Starting a Business on a Shoe String Budget, and a quarterly newsletter for small businesses entitled Revelation!
Constance Gregory has over 10 years of experience as a trainer, conference speaker and program developer. She is also the co-owner of Gemstones Communications, a division of MGI, a newly developed training and consulting company.
Carol A. Hendrix is the Founder, President and CEO of GIM Associates. She has over 22 years experience in the financial industry, 15 years experience funding and assisting small businesses, and 10 years experience as an educator and trainer.
Bridget D. Jones, MS earned her degree in Instructional Technology and is a Certified Microsoft User Expert. She has several years experience supporting and training end users with a variety of software and hardware.
Tina Lawson is a General Law Practitioner Specialist in estate planning and domestic relations.
Kim Miller owns her own marketing communications and coaching business. She has over 25 years of experience helping small and medium sized businesses grow their market share, introduce new products, and develop relationship management campaigns.
Joseph W. Murray, CLU, CHFC, CSA is President/CEO of First Financial Advisers, LLC., a registered investment advisory firm. He has been active in the financial industry since 1983. He is a college professor and has been teaching in the community for over 15 years.
Mark Palmer is President/Founder and CEO of Empire Capital & Consulting Corp. He is an expert in small business accounting and management, tax problem prevention and resolution, management strategy development and implementation, personal financial planning, mergers and acquisition advisory services.
Gisele Quarterman, BS Ed., is a Certified Teacher with the School District of Philadelphia, specializing in Science Education. She has educated students in grades 4-8. She has received special training from MicroSociety, a program designed to train students on how to run small businesses.
Janet Taylor founded Totally Organized in 1994. Totally Organized is a professional organizing firm that helps clients save time and money by helping them lead organized lives.
Solomon D. Wheeler, MBA, has extensive experience in lending, Internal Auditing, and is currently a Financial Services Manager for Coca Cola USA.
Leah Williams is President/CEO of Naharai Consulting Service, Inc., a marketing and organizational development consulting firm. She has worked in management in the for-profit sector at large corporations.
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