The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce the next National Small Business Week May 18-22, 2009. Since 1963, every President has declared National Small Business Week to formally recognize the important role of America’s small business community.
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David Latimore
Chief Executive Officer & President
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
David G. Latimore, President and CEO for the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, brings a wealth of business and community experience to the position. With more than fifteen years of success in business and community development, he has a background well suited to advance ICIC’s mission of transforming inner city communities through private sector engagement and business-led economic development.
A native of St. Louis, Mr. Latimore graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Economics in 1990. He began his career as an Associate Consultant for Bain & Company. David then served as Chief Operating Officer of Emerging Manager Trust Group, a startup company based in New Orleans helping minority-owned asset management firms grow and prosper.
David then held a series of increasingly senior positions in the pension management field, serving as Vice President and Group Manager of Sales and Marketing for the Mercantile Bancorporation, Marketing Executive for The Vanguard Group, Director of Research and Sales at Hartford Life, and Managing Vice President of the ICMA Retirement Corporation. In 1996, the St. Louis Business Journal named him as one of the “Top 40 Business Leaders Under 40”.
Throughout his business career, David was dedicated to economic development and community activities. He served as Executive Assistant to the Mayor, and later Consultant for the St. Louis Development Corporation. He was Senior Pastor for a 200-member congregation at the Southern Union Baptist Church, and a volunteer in the St. Louis Public School system.
Recently, Mr. Latimore earned his Master’s in Divinity from the Duke University Divinity School. As part of his training, he served as the interim Senior Pastor for a 500-member congregation at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Gainesville, Florida. In this role, he was responsible for a 100 unit low-income housing development, a life skills training program, and strategic partnerships with Santa Fe Community College and the City of Gainesville.
Mr. Latimore and his wife Tammy live in Massachusetts with their five children.
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Financial Forum: “Investing in the Future: Financing Inner City Businesses”
Invitation Only
This event is designed to serve as dialogue between the SBA and those in interested in community investment, moderated by ICIC.
Our Generous Co-Sponsors Included:
Disclaimer: The U.S. Small Business Administration's participation in this cosponsored activity does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any cosponsor's, donor's, grantee's, contractor's or participant's opinions, products, or services. All SBA programs and cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least 2 weeks in advance, by contacting sbw@sba.gov. Cosponsorship Authorization # SBW 2008.
