Steering Committee

Our Partner Organization

4548 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19139

The Circle of Aunts & Uncles has a partnership with The Enterprise Center (TEC), a 501c3 Community Development and Financial Institution (CDFI) with almost 30 years of experience supporting high-potential minority entrepreneurs in Philadelphia. Among its contributions to the Circle, TEC houses our loan fund and manages the Circle’s loan fund and bookkeeping, provides a loan fund manager who refers potential borrowers to the Circle, coordinates meetings and provides technical assistance for the entrepreneurs as needed. Currently, the TEC manager is Inja Coates, and she is the contact person for entrepreneurs in communicating with the Circle.

Collaborators

Leslie Benoliel – Executive Director; Entrepreneur Works, lbenoliel@entre-works.org

Jill Fink – Executive Director; Merchants Fund, info@merchantsfund.org

Lynne Cutler - Executive Director; Women’s Opportunity Resource Center, l_cutler@worc-pa.com

Sidney Hargro - Executive Director; Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, sidney@philanthropynetwork.org

Heather Hanowitz -  PIDC, Vice President & Senior Loan Office, hhanowitz@pidcphila.com

Elizabeth Killough - Foundation Manager; Untours Foundation, elizabeth.killough@untours.com

Neil Kleinman - Director; Corzo Center for a Creative Economy, nkleinman@uarts.edu

Chuck Lacy - President; Barred Rock Fund (currently working in Chester), clacy@together.net

Jamila Medley - Executive Director; Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, jamila@philadelphia.coop

Anna Ship - Executive Director; Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network, anna@sbnphiladelphia.org