NEWS
Savannah SCORE and Wells Fargo will present The 10th Annual State of Small Business in Chatham County on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The free event will be held from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Torian Auditorium at Savannah State University, located in the Howard Jordan building of the College of Business Administration. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Savannah area business leaders from different sectors will each have three minutes to present a brief overview of the current state of affairs in Chatham County as it pertains to their industries. They will then offer their key insights into what this means to the future of Savannah and the small business owner.
The conference is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP with this link: https://www.score.org/savannah/event/10th-annual-state-small-business-chatham-county
The 2023 State of Small Business in Chatham County presenters are:
SPEAKER: Michael Toma, Ph.D., professor of economics, Georgia Southern University in Savannah
TOPIC: Small Business Statistical Overview
SPEAKER: Moncello Stewart, president, the Greater Savannah Black Chamber of Commerce
TOPIC: Black Business Ownership
SPEAKER: Becky Brownlee, area director, Small Business Development Center, UGA
TOPIC: 2023 Small Businesses Credit Survey
SPEAKER: Joseph Marinelli, president, Visit Savannah
TOPIC: Tourism
SPEAKER: Scott C. Scheidt, chief security officer, Seimitsu IT Services and High-Speed Broadband Fiber
TOPIC: CyberSecurity
SPEAKER: MarRonde Lumpkin-Lotson, Department of Economic Development, City of Savannah
TOPIC: Certification
SPEAKER: Paula Kreissler, executive director, Healthy Savannah
TOPIC: Productivity
SPEAKER: Victoria Saxton, COO/CFO, Small Business Assistance Corporation
TOPIC: Small Business Access to Capital in the Savannah Region
SPEAKER: Charles Bowen, corporate / entertainment attorney, The Bowen Law Group
TOPIC: Film Industry in Savannah
SPEAKER: Catalina Garcia-Quick, Business Development, Pratt Industries – Recycling Division
TOPIC: Local Strides in Sustainability
SPEAKER: Rhett Mouchet, associate broker, Colliers International Savannah
TOPIC: Commercial Real Estate Trends
SPEAKER: Jesse Dillon, Chief Operating Officer, SEDA
TOPIC: Growth in the Savannah Area
