Our Team

Deborah Davis is the Director of the Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC) which is one of seven statewide programs funded by the Ohio Development Services Agency.  The Cincinnati MBAC program is housed at the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce.  In her role, she helps Ohio small, minority-owned, and socially and economically disadvantaged...

Wanda Walker-Smith is the Business Counselor with the Minority Business Assistance Center located in the African-American Chamber of Greater Cincinnati | Northern Kentucky. Wanda has over twenty years of experience as a Commercial and Business lender working with small to mid-size companies within the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio area. Wanda is a Bachelor of Science graduate...

R. Marlene Fout is the Business Counselor of the Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC) at the satellite office located in Piketon, Ohio. She works with nine Appalachian counties in Ohio (Adams, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton). Her role is to help Ohio’s small, minority-owned, and socially and economically disadvantaged businesses with...

Henrietta Sheppard became a member of the African American Chamber as an Administrative Assistant in the Minority Business Development Organization in 2010. Henrietta is a hard working, organized, and determined member of the team. She has more than 5 years of administrative experience working in the New Business Development department of Great American Financial Resources...