| | Hi Friend, We are thrilled to welcome Jamila Abston Mayfield, CPA, CFE, CFF, to the MDC Board of Directors. Jamila is the founder and CEO of The Jamila Mayfield Group, LLC, which provides consulting services on compliance, risk, and regulatory matters to financial services clients. With a distinguished background as a former Partner at Ernst & Young LLP in the FSO Consulting Financial Services Risk Management practice, Jamila led over 100 professionals advising top-tier clients in wealth and asset management, private equity, hedge funds, capital markets, banking, and insurance. Additionally, Jamila is a sought-after public speaker, sharing her expertise on risk, compliance, and executive leadership through numerous professional engagements each year. We are also pleased to announce the election of new board officers: Kweku Forstall as Chair, Susan Gooden, PhD, as Vice Chair, and Stephanie Kang, DrPH, as Secretary/Treasurer. We look forward to their leadership and contributions to advancing our mission. For more on the MDC Board of Directors, click here. |
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| Hi there, We are thrilled to welcome Jamila Abston Mayfield, CPA, CFE, CFF, to the MDC Board of Directors. Jamila is the founder and CEO of The Jamila Mayfield Group, LLC, which provides consulting services on compliance, risk, and regulatory matters to financial services clients. With a distinguished background as a former Partner at Ernst & Young LLP in the FSO Consulting Financial Services Risk Management practice, Jamila led over 100 professionals advising top-tier clients in wealth and asset management, private equity, hedge funds, capital markets, banking, and insurance. Additionally, Jamila is a sought-after public speaker, sharing her expertise on risk, compliance, and executive leadership through numerous professional engagements each year. We are also pleased to announce the election of new board officers: Kweku Forstall as Chair, Susan Gooden, PhD, as Vice Chair, and Stephanie Kang, DrPH, as Secretary/Treasurer. We look forward to their leadership and contributions to advancing our mission. For more on the MDC Board of Directors, click here. |
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|  | Rural Prosperity and Investment NC IDEA and MDC Release “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future” Report NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, in partnership with MDC, announced the release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future: Rural Entrepreneur & Ecosystem Partner Perspectives,” a full report including in-depth analysis and recommendations around rural entrepreneurship development. Together, with funding provided by Wells Fargo, NC IDEA and MDC have partnered to explore avenues to better support the needs of rural entrepreneurs across the state. Read More → |
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|  | Economic Mobility and Security MDC launches Student Debt Outreach Platform What is the Student Debt Outreach Platform? It is a living resource page where student debt borrowers can receive timely outreach materials related to student debt. Through the resource page, individuals and organizations can also track the success and reach of the outreach materials that you use. Read More → |
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| Rural Prosperity and Investment NC IDEA and MDC Release Rural Entrepreneurship Report NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, in partnership with MDC, announced the release of “Strengthening North Carolina’s Rural Entrepreneurship Future: Rural Entrepreneur & Ecosystem Partner Perspectives,” a full report including in-depth analysis and recommendations around rural entrepreneurship development. Together, with funding provided by Wells Fargo, NC IDEA and MDC have partnered to explore avenues to better support the needs of rural entrepreneurs across the state. Learn More → |
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| Economic Mobility and Security MDC launches Student Debt Outreach Platform. What is the Student Debt Outreach Platform? It is a living resource page where student debt borrowers can receive timely outreach materials related to student debt. Through the resource page, individuals and organizations can also track the success and reach of the outreach materials that you use. Learn More → |
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| | |  | MDC mourns the passing of retired colleague and friend, Gerry Hardersen. We are sad to learn of the passing of our friend and former colleague, Gerry Hardersen. Gerry worked in the MDC Finance office for almost ten years, retiring (for the second time) in 2018. He was instrumental in working on MDC’s Achieving the Dream program launch in 2010.
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| Child care providers rally for stabilzation funding From EdNC, 5/24: With federal childcare relief funding due to end in less than six weeks; providers, parents, and advocates rallied at the NC State legislature calling for emergency funding to replace federal funds. MDC Program Manager, Laterria Lassiter spoke at the rally, advocating for child-care programs at risk of shutting down. Without further intervention, about 20% of North Carolina's child-care facilities are at risk of closing within a year. Read More → |
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| | | | |  | Save the Date! State of the South in Atlanta Oct. 1-3, 2024 Join us for State of the South Atlanta as we gather around food, art, and critical conversation on making Atlanta, Georgia, and the larger South more equitable. What policies and investments must we prioritize to ensure today’s youth thrive in 2055?
Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Kresge Foundation. |
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 | Op-Ed: To Build a Thriving South, We Need Organized Labor’s Help Working hard and taking care of our neighbors are core Southern values. So when hard work still does not yield a livable wage, and job insecurity feeds economic insecurity, then we aren’t truly living our values. To live into our values, and to build a thriving South, we need organized labor. Read More → |
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