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Staff Bios
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Staff/Program Responsibilities
Co-Presidents & Officer
Carol Dougal - Co-President
Hedy Ratner - Co-President
Mary Ann Angle - Vice President
Finance Program
Kelly Mizeur - Finance Specialist
Teresa Prim - Finance Specialist
Priscilla Cordero - Business/Finance Counselor
Child Care
Kim Casey - Entrepreneurial Trainer
Elizabeth Gardner - Retail/Franchise and Child Care Initiatives Coordinator
Deborah Minor Harvey - Business Counselor/Trainer
Teresa Prim - Finance Specialist
Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference
Mia Delano - Consultant
Emerging Business
Heather Parish - Business Counselor
Sylvia Wynn - Business Counselor
WBE Certification & Procurement
Deon Crayton - PTAC Director
Debbi Lyall- Certification Director
Elisha Neely - WBE Program Coordinator
Rupert Serrano- Certification Assistant
Peggy Smith - Certification Assistant
Virginia Uqdah - Certification Program Manager
Sarah Yun - Certification and Research Assistant
Entrepreneurial Training
Sara Shifrin - Training Director/Business Counselor
Latina Entrepreneurial Training
Alejandra Fajardo - Business Counselor/Bilingual Trainer
AAWBI
Sarah Yun - AAWBI Coordinator
Administrative Staff
Janice Bailey - Facility Manager
Jennifer Carpenter - Administrative Assistant
Ellenie Girma - Systems/Network Administrator
Josefina Ocampo - Receptionist/Training Assistant
Mary Paul - Associate Director, Development & Advocacy
Rupert Serrano - Media Data Administrator
Joyce Spain - Bookkeeper
Sarah Yun - Special Project Coordinator & Executive Assistant
Staff Bios
Mary Ann Angle, Vice President of Administration/Operations
Mary Ann Angle is Vice President of Administration/Operations for the Women’s Business Development Center and Small Business Development Center Director. Previously, she was a partner with B. Braun Vena Tech, a small, Evanston-based medical products company. From 1986-1989, Mary Ann owned her own consulting firm, providing strategic planning and management services to small businesses, both for-profit and non-for-profit. Prior to that, she served as Director of Planning and Operations for the City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training. She did her undergraduate work in Political Science at Loyola University-Chicago and post-graduate work in Business Education at Michigan State University.
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Deon M. Crayton, PTAC Director
Deon M. Crayton is the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) Director at the Women’s Business Development Center. As PTAC Director at the WBDC, Deon assists certified women business owners and other small business owners to secure contracts and subcontracts with corporate and government buyers and links suppliers with buyers through the WBDC Corporate Connections program.
Deon first came to work at the Women’s Business Development Center in 2002 and began as the assistant to the Director of the PTAC program. She also worked in the WBE Certification Program. Deon received a B.A degree in 2001 from Albion College, in Albion, Mich., and an M.A. in Professional Counseling in 2003 from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology/Argosy University, in Chicago.
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Elizabeth Gardner, Coordinator, Child Care Business Initiative
Elizabeth Gardner is part of the WBDC’s Child Care Business Initiative (CCBI) team and Fund Administrator for the CCBI’s Microloan fund. Ms Gardner brings over 10 years of experience in marketing and business development with a special emphasizes on small business.
Ellenie Girma, M.I.S. & Systems Manager
Ellenie Girma is the Network Administrator/Systems Engineer of WBDC. She is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). Her responsibilities include administration and maintenance of the Local Area Network, monitoring network performance and network security, installation, configuration and upgrade of software tools essential for good network, troubleshooting and evaluation of servers and workstations, and preparation of procedures manual. She is responsible for the overall plan and execution of the network services of WBDC.
Debbi L. Lyall, Certification Director/Procurement Specialist
Debbi L. Lyall is Certification Director/Procurement Specialist at the WBDC. Debbi has 12 years of purchasing experience in both the public and private sectors (Chicago Park District and Bank One/First Chicago). In her role at the WBDC, Debbi assists small businesses in accessing contracting/subcontracting opportunities, counseling on bid/proposal preparation and submission, and assistance on all certifications
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Mary A. Paul, Development Associate
In the summer of 2004 Mary interned for the WBDC assisting with the planning of the Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference and providing leadership on database management and quality control. Currently, Her main responsibilities include assisting with conference coordination, advocacy, donor relations and various other Initiatives and activities of the WBDC. Mary is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts with a minor in African Studies.
Teresa Prim, Finance Counselor
Teresa Prim is a WBDC Finance Counselor and Trainer. She provides technical assistance and loan packaging services to established and start-up businesses at the WBDC in areas such as: preparing cash flow projections, profit and loss statements, business plan review and consultation, and financing options. She provides loan packaging services in order to access loan guarantees from SBA Pre-Qualification, Low-Doc and 504 Program, as well as other special government and private sector loan programs. She is an expert in many facets of business development including but not limited to: child care, Laundromats, real estate transactions, retail, consulting and specialist in community development strategies.
She has worked in the field of business finance and community development for over 22 years. Ms. Prim holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master’s of Science Degree in Community Economic Development from New Hampshire College.
Hedy M. Ratner, Co-President
Hedy M. Ratner is founder and Co-President of the Women’s Business Development Center, the largest, oldest—since 1986—and most comprehensive women’s business assistance center in the U.S.
An advocate and activist for women’s issues for over 30 years, Hedy Ratner was appointed by President Clinton to the National Women’s Business Council; she helped to advocate for, create and was appointed by Illinois Governor Edgar and by Governor Ryan to the Illinois Women’s Business Ownership Council and the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois. She was appointed by Gov. George Ryan in 2002 to the Illinois Development Finance Authority and Illinois Labor Advisory Board. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appointed Hedy as Co-Chairperson of the Women’s Health Task Force. She is also a board member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, and a founding member of the Coalition For Equal Opportunity and the Alliance of Minority and Female Contractors Association.
Sara Shifrin, Director, Entrepreneurial Training
Sara Shifrin serves as the Director of Entrepreneurial Training and as a consultant to clients at the Women’s Business Development Center. She counsels women business owners, manages the WBDC’s entrepreneurial training programs, facilitates and develops workshops for the WBDC’s many educational programs. she also coordinates many of the WBDC's marketing efforts including most of the brochures.
An entrepreneur herself, Sara has owned a fitness center and a retail incubator. Sara conducts self-employment/small business workshops for colleges, non-profit organizations, banks, the State of Illinois, and local chambers of commerce throughout the Chicago area, through her company, Sara Shifrin Consulting.
Kelly Mizeur, Business Finance Specialist
Kelly has been appointed Business Finance Specialist for the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC). Before joining the WBDC, Mizeur, worked as an analyst and investment officer for the Bank One Community Development Corporation, First Chicago’s Community Development Lending Division, and American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago. In her role at WBDC, Mizeur serves as a consultant to small business owners to help them get loans to start or expand their operations. Using her banking experience and the WBDC’s extensive relationship with banks and other lenders, Mizeur attempts to match business owners with lenders who might be amenable to the loan request.
She is a graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago’s master of urban planning and policy program, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in finance, and business economics from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Mizeur serves on several boards; including Northside Community Federal Credit Union where she serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors.
Virginia F. Uqdah, Certification Program Manager
Virginia F. Uqdah is the Program Manager for the WBDC’s Women’s Business Enterprise Certification Program. Ms. Uqdah has twelve years of managerial and business development experience. She specializes in staff development and financial management. Virginia is responsible for the management of the WBE Certification Program. She travels nationally conducting site visits with women business entrepreneurs to ensure adherence to the criteria of the National Certification Program.
Sylvia Wynn, Business Counselor
Sylvia Wynn is a contracted business counselor. She is expert in marketing issues for small businesses and owns her own firm which assists Fortune 500 corporations in marketing strategies. She has worked with the WBDC for six years.
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