ALBANY, NY –Senator John W. Mannion and Assemblyman Al Stirpe today announced legislation (S-7836/A-8468) to reform the certification process and prevent bureaucratic backlogs for Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs.) Under the current system, even minor omissions or technical errors in an application can lead to denial or even revocation of MWBE certification. This creates…
Leadership view of CNY: Quality of life, natural beauty, cultural amenities, bountiful higher education
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Downtown Syracuse shines on a night in November. The former St. John the Evangelist Church, now the Samaritan Center, is in the foreground. The State Tower Building rises in the center background.File photo/Dennis Nett
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During seven years of weekly interviews about leadership with more than 300 leaders in Upstate New York, I usually ask about the region’s attributes. I pose questions like: What do you see as Upstate’s strengths? Why have you chosen to live and work here? What would you tell naysayers who don’t see opportunity here and only complain that problems are overwhelming?
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Me’Shae Rolling wants minority-owned businesses to have equal representation in the American’s economy.
In September, she became executive director of Upstate Minority Economic Alliance (UMEA) in Syracuse, an organization that serves as a minority chamber of commerce to promote the economic power of minority-owned businesses. She personally understands the challenges of beginning a new business.
She transitioned into business ownership while still working a day job in events planning. Now she operates Financial Literacy, which offers classes on financial empowerment, and is a franchisee of Event Prep, which provides event planning to clients nationwide.