Small Business Advisory Board

To gather input about the needs and concerns of small businesses so that the DMCC and the Denver Metro SBDC can make informed decisions about services
To create a vehicle through which the issues and concerns of small businesses can be expressed to the DMCC leadership
To better represent the needs and concerns of the DMCC membership, 80% of which are comprised of businesses with 25 or fewer employees
Identify and review regulations, policies and issues that affect small business viability, job creation, growth and prosperity, such as contracting opportunities, the cost of doing business (fees, taxes, etc.), access to capital, and other business resources
Educate small businesses about policies, issues, and resources
Demonstrate the importance of small business to the community and the region

	Denise Burgess, Chair Burgess Services	Tameka Montgomery Denver Metro SBDC
Dawn Abbott Fun Productions	Robert Blankenship Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce	John Cochran Metro State College of Denver	Alex Dempster Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Helga Grunerud Hispanic Contractors of Colorado	Mowa Haile Sky Blue Builders	Jeff Jones US Bank	Tamela Lee City and County of Denver
Richard Lewis RTL Networks	Malissa Murdock Stephenson's Office Systems, Inc.	Steve Parry Sales Productivity Consultants	Alan Ramirez Colorado Enterprise Fund
Marie Ryan Office of Economic Development	Joseph Salas Wells Fargo	Stan Sena Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council	Melodi Sheppard essentia WEB WORKS
Rob Smith Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute	Christopher Budden Community College of Denver	Not Pictured: James McDonough Community College of Denver