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Virtual Event: Ensuring Small & Minority Businesses Arent Left Behind

April 14, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Virtual via Zoom

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  • As part of our work with Economic Opportunity, join us for a virtual roundtable discussion with top business and financial leaders to hear about the rapid response solutions to support small and minority businesses during COVID-19.

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As part of our work with Economic Opportunity, join us for a virtual roundtable discussion with top business and financial leaders to hear about the rapid response solutions to support small and minority businesses during COVID-19.

Join us for a discussion on how to support small and minority businesses during COVID-19. Panelists will discuss inequities that can emerge during crises, efforts under way to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, and how we can collectively support our region’s small and minority business enterprises. This webinar highlights the Chamber’s economic opportunity efforts. We are committed to developing and implementing a united response, so that everyone in Greater Boston has equal access to opportunity. Our members understand the business case for inclusion and know that economic equality is an imperative for the economic health and growth of our community and region.

Casey Baines

Director, Policy & Communications

[email protected]
617-557-7320

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Quincy Miller

President and Vice Chairman, Eastern Bank Featured Speaker

Quincy Miller is President and Vice Chairman of Eastern Bank, the largest and oldest mutual bank in the United States, with over $10 billion in assets and over 120…Read more
Quincy Miller is President and Vice Chairman of Eastern Bank, the largest and oldest mutual bank in the United States, with over $10 billion in assets and over 120 banking and insurance locations serving communities in eastern Massachusetts and southern and coastal New Hampshire. He spends his time focused on helping lead the overall strategic direction of Eastern, which has served its customers, colleagues and communities for nearly 200 years. This leadership manifests itself in the company’s primary objective which is “to do Good things to help people and businesses prosper”. Quincy is the former President of Citizens Bank, Massachusetts, and President of it’s Business Banking division. The foundation of his career is rooted in consumer banking where he developed his passion for “leading from the front line” ensuring that his perspective is guided by the colleagues closest to the customer. Quincy has a passion for supporting the communities where he lives and works. He is the past Board Chair of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and serves on the Board of Directors for The Greater Boston Food Bank, Bottom Line, The Alliance for Business Leadership, Zoo New England, The Greater Boston YMCA Board of Overseers and is a C-Suite member of The Partnership. The Boston Business Journal in 2012, recognized Quincy as a “40 under 40” honoree and again in 2015, as “16 Business Executives to watch in 2016”. Quincy also has been recognized as a GK100 “most influential people of color in Boston” by Get Konnected. Quincy is a graduate of Lafayette College, where he earned a B.A. in Economics and Business, and of the Consumer Bankers Association’s Graduate School of Retail Bank Management. Quincy serves on Lafayette’s Trustee Financial Policy Committee and its McDonogh Diversity Committee. Quincy and his wife, Jenna, have two children and live in Milton, Mass.

Malia Lazu

EVP and Regional President, Berkshire Bank Featured Speaker

Malia Lazu has sparked deep economic development and investment in urban entrepreneurship for over twenty years. In her current role as EVP and Regional President…Read more
Malia Lazu has sparked deep economic development and investment in urban entrepreneurship for over twenty years. In her current role as EVP and Regional President at Berkshire Bank, Malia works to generate wealth for communities by expanding access to capital and spurring economic growth—especially in communities of color that have traditionally been left behind. In her first nine months at Berkshire, Malia evolved the $13 billion bank’s strategic focus beyond traditional community banking services to prioritize tangible community impact. She has helped to diversify the board of directors; developed a suite of financial products and programs that support entrepreneurs of color; and launched ReevX Labs, a collaborative workspace and innovation hub for the urban start-up community. A serial entrepreneur in her own right, Malia has launched and led a number of socially responsible business accelerators across Boston. She worked with the city to create Accelerate Boston which helped launch over twenty minority businesses in its first five years, and continues to help minority entrepreneurs raise capital. She was also the founder and President of the Future Boston Alliance, now known as Epicenter, which built an ecosystem of creators, consumers and investors to develop businesses in the creative industries. As a fellow at MIT’s Community Innovator’s Lab, she launched The Urban Labs, a multicultural agency helping brands see returns on diversity. Malia began her career as a political organizer and bridge-builder founding Mass VOTE, a state-wide voter engagement campaign. She has led culture-shifting campaigns for the actor and civil rights activist Harry Belefonte, as well as businessmen and philanthropists like Peter Lewis and George Soros. Malia currently sits on the boards of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Revolutionary Spaces, and the Nation Magazine Editorial Board. She was named one of Essence Magazine’s 50 founders to watch in 2017 and Boston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business in 2019.

Juan C. Morales

Managing Partner, Surfside Capital Advisors Featured Speaker

Juan Carlos Morales is the founder and Managing Partner of Surfside Capital Advisors LLC (SCA), an advisory firm with offices in Boston and Zurich. SCA helps businesses…Read more
Juan Carlos Morales is the founder and Managing Partner of Surfside Capital Advisors LLC (SCA), an advisory firm with offices in Boston and Zurich. SCA helps businesses design and execute high-conviction growth strategies by combining disciplined planning with “trajectory changing events” such as capital raising, buy/sell transactions, restructurings, and other transformation initiatives. Previously, Mr. Morales served as a Fortune 500 financial services executive, where he served as the global chief financial officer for investment management firms with over $4 trillion in assets under management. In that capacity, he was the key financial architect behind the firms’ growth and profitability agenda and led global teams through numerous transformation initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings. The Boston Business Journal recognized him as ‘CFO of the Year” in 2009. Mr. Morales began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers after graduating cum laude from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a first-time passer of the National Uniform CPA examination. In 2016 he was appointed by Governor Baker to serve on the Board of Directors of Massachusetts Development Corporation (MassDev). MassDev is the state of Massachusetts’s economic development agency, stimulating business and driving growth by originating over $4 billion in capital transactions every year. He serves on the executive committee of the Board of the Alliance for Business Leadership as well as on the Boards of Eastern Bank and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is the co-founder of The Latino Legacy Fund at The Boston Foundation and the Boston Chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA).

Gregory Minott

Managing Principal, DREAM Collaborative Featured Speaker

Gregory Minott AIA, LEED AP is a founder and Managing Principal of DREAM Collaborative – a Boston-based full-service architecture firm founded in 2008. As an MBE…Read more
Gregory Minott AIA, LEED AP is a founder and Managing Principal of DREAM Collaborative – a Boston-based full-service architecture firm founded in 2008. As an MBE firm, DREAM’s culture supports and encourages diversity among its staff and consultants to reflect the diversity of the communities that they serve. Greg is originally from Mandeville, Jamaica. He moved to the U.S. in 1999 and earned dual Master’s degrees in Architecture and Infrastructure Planning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to founding DREAM Collaborative, Greg was project architect for a number of award-winning building and urban renewal projects while working at the Boston-based firm Elkus Manfredi Architects. In 2010, Greg received the AIA’s National Young Architects Award. The AIA specifically recognized his significant contributions to more livable communities, better connected neighborhoods, and more durable and sustainable urban environments. Greg is a registered architect in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island and he is a LEED accredited professional. Greg serves on the Board of Directors at the Boston Society of Architects and is also the 2021 President-Elect. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for both the Boston Architectural College and Hearth, Inc. Greg has been invited to speak on issues in design, sustainability, and urban development, and he enjoys participating in community engagement events.

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