{"id":124,"date":"2022-03-25T00:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T00:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategicexdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-03-17T20:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:25:03","slug":"about-il-mbda-business-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/es\/se-business-service-center\/about-il-mbda-business-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Acerca de IL MBDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tAcerca del Centro de Negocios de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Empresas Minoritarias de Illinois\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/il-mbda-launch-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon cutting ceremony for the launch of the IL MBDA Business Center\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"318\" width=\"805\" title=\"il-mbda-lanzamiento-sm\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Quienes somos<\/h3>\n\t\t<p>El Centro de Negocios de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Negocios de Minor\u00edas de Illinois (IL MBDA) es operado por Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting Inc. bajo el liderazgo de la presidenta y directora ejecutiva, Terrie Simmons. El Centro de Negocios IL MBDA est\u00e1 financiado, en parte, por el Departamento de Comercio de los EE. UU. a trav\u00e9s de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Negocios Minoritarios.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>lo que hacemos<\/h3>\n\t\t<p>We promote the growth and global competitiveness of small businesses through business development and capacity building. We help our clients secure capital, access new markets, compete for contracts, and make strategic partners and business moves.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>A qui\u00e9n servimos<\/h3>\n\t\t<p>While we serve all small businesses, our target clients are businesses with annual revenues of at least $500,000.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1141-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1141\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1756\" title=\"IMG_1141\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tGet to Know Regina Smith\n\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\tExecutive Director &#8211; Programs, IL MBDA Business Center\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Regina serves as the Executive Director of Programs at the IL MBDA Business Center. She is a visionary leader with a relentless drive for program growth and a passion for fostering meaningful connections in the realm of workforce development. She has a Doctor of Education in Ethical Leadership and is known for her strategic acumen and ability to deliver tangible results. With a career spanning leadership roles in workforce development and stakeholder collaboration, she has had a front-row seat to the need for economic education, resource availability, and allocations dedicated to the prosperity of minority-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Smith&#8217;s expertise extends across various domains including staff management, project management, and budget oversight. She possesses a keen understanding of workforce pipeline development across various industries tailored to meet workforce demands. Her adeptness in fostering collaboration both within and beyond organizational boundaries has proven to be instrumental in driving operational excellence and achieving programmatic success.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0664_pp-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Melodie Simmons\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1706\" title=\"melodie simmons\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tConoce a Melodie Simmons\n\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\tOffice Manager &#038; Salesforce Data Analyst, IL MBDA Business Center\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Melodie is an entrepreneur, mom of two teenagers, and business professional.<\/p>\n<p>Melodie pas\u00f3 m\u00e1s de 15 a\u00f1os en servicio al cliente en la industria de servicios p\u00fablicos y seguros.<\/p>\n<p>She currently serves as the Office Manager &amp; Salesforce Data Analyst of the <a href=\"\/illinois-mbda\/\">Centro de Negocios de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Empresas Minoritarias de Illinois (IL MBDA)<\/a> where she keeps our back office running seamlessly and keeps our team on top of our numbers. She brings her passion for serving others into her role as well as her customer service experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pat-Hanes2.jpg\" alt=\"Pat Hanes2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2499\" width=\"2031\" title=\"Pat Hanes2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tMeet Pat Hanes\n\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\tStrategic Business Development Consultant, IL MBDA Business Center\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Pat has worked in corporate, and government and, non-profit organizations. She brings over 30 years of minority business development and supplier diversity experience to the Center&#8217;s clients.<\/p>\n<p>At the Illinois MBDA Business Center, Pat focuses on developing minority-owned businesses. She offers technical assistance, managerial coaching, export development, and growth services to generate increased financing, contracting opportunities, and greater access to domestic and global markets. Pat works with MBE clients and contract holders helping them to identify, screen, promote and connect to resources that increase their global growth and competitiveness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Terrie-Simmons.jpg\" alt=\"Terrie Simmons, CEO of Strategic Exceptions and President of the IL MBDA Business Center\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1124\" width=\"843\" title=\"terrie simmons\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tConoce a Terrie Simmons\n\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\tOperator, IL MBDA Business Center\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p><a href=\"\/team-member\/terrie-simmons\/\">Terrie<\/a> es un innovador estrat\u00e9gico, orador de empoderamiento galardonado a nivel nacional, emprendedor en serie, autor, l\u00edder c\u00edvico y conector que ayuda a las personas desatendidas a generar riqueza y trazar caminos profesionales, personales y comerciales exitosos.<\/p>\n<p>Con m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os construyendo el \u00e9xito en entornos corporativos y comerciales, Terrie es mentora de m\u00e1s de 30 mujeres en todo el pa\u00eds y llega a hombres y mujeres de todo el mundo a trav\u00e9s de sus plataformas de redes sociales y su programa de empoderamiento \u201c.<a href=\"\/terrie-talks-tea\/\">Terrie habla de t\u00e9<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Terrie es la propietaria y directora general de <a href=\"\/\">Excepciones estrat\u00e9gicas Professional Consulting Inc.<\/a> (SEPCI), a nationally certified Woman owned Business and Minority Business Enterprise and the Operator of the <a href=\"\/illinois-mbda\/\">Centro de Negocios de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Empresas Minoritarias de Illinois (IL MBDA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tUna red nacional financiada por el Departamento de Comercio de EE. UU.\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>A partir del 1 de julio de 2021, Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/duckworth-durbin-foster-mbda-business-center-illinois\/\">se convirti\u00f3 en el destinatario de un premio de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Empresas Minoritarias (MBDA)<\/a> para establecer el Centro de Negocios de la Agencia de Desarrollo de Empresas Minoritarias de Illinois (IL MBDA). El programa MBDA Business Center proporciona asistencia t\u00e9cnica y servicios de desarrollo comercial a empresas comerciales minoritarias (MBE). La MBDA brinda asistencia federal en apoyo de proyectos innovadores que promuevan y busquen resolver los desaf\u00edos que enfrentan las empresas minoritarias. La MBDA hizo 36 premios bajo este anuncio. Puede ver la lista de Centros aqu\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>En el proyecto de ley de asignaciones para el a\u00f1o fiscal 2021, el Congreso autoriz\u00f3 a MBDA a fomentar, promover y desarrollar empresas comerciales de minor\u00edas, a trav\u00e9s de subvenciones, contratos y otros acuerdos con organizaciones p\u00fablicas o privadas. MBDA est\u00e1 autorizada de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 11625 para brindar asistencia financiera a organizaciones p\u00fablicas y privadas para que puedan brindar asistencia t\u00e9cnica y de gesti\u00f3n a empresas comerciales de minor\u00edas y sufragar la totalidad o parte de los costos de proyectos piloto o de demostraci\u00f3n realizados por agencias p\u00fablicas o privadas o organizaciones dise\u00f1adas para superar los desaf\u00edos especiales de las empresas comerciales de minor\u00edas.<\/p>\n<p>Los impulsores principales del IL MBDA Business Center son:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Desarrollo comercial: fomentar y asegurar nuevas oportunidades para MBE que generen ingresos al: ayudar a los clientes a aumentar los acuerdos de ventas y servicios, solicitudes de productos, \u00f3rdenes de trabajo y exportaciones; y \u2013 Emparejar oportunidades y ayudar a clientes MBE calificados\/examinados a acceder, competir y asegurar transacciones que conduzcan a un beneficio financiero (por ejemplo, ventas).<\/li>\n<li>Desarrollo de capacidades al ayudar a las MBE con capacidad de gesti\u00f3n, capacidad financiera y capacidad tecnol\u00f3gica que da como resultado nuevas capacidades, mayor productividad, costos reducidos, mayores ganancias, mejora de la fuerza laboral, expansi\u00f3n comercial y escalabilidad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The IL MBDA Business Center was officially launched on November 12, 2021 and now carries out the mandate of the MBDA. 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