Executive Director
Joining ADC in 2006, Nasibu has held positions from Business Lender to Chief Financial Officer. As a long-time member of the ADC management team, he displayed substantial insight and direction regarding the operations of ADC. He takes a vision and makes it ...
Lender Service Provider / SBA CA 7(a) Loan Program
Denise Favors is retired from Federal Government’s Small Business Administration after 33 years of service in finance. She is currently launching SBA Community Advantage Loan Program at ADC. Ms. Favors formerly served as a member of ...
Business Advisor / Loan Officer
Hibo works closely with the Business Development Program Manager in the following areas – Accounts Receivable and Payable, Packages and presents loans to the loan committee, generates monthly reports to the Executive & Finance Commitee, provides TA and Training to clients as well as helps to manage over $7 Million microloan portfolio
Program Administrator & Regional Manager – Southern Minnesota
As the Program Assistant, Housing & Financial Education Department, she is also the primary point person for all of ADC’s programs and activities in the Southern Minnesota region. Raised and educated in Rochester and Mankato, Ayan comes to ADC with an impressive history of community organizing ...
SBA Microloan Program Manager / Housing & Financial Ed. Program Assistant Manager
Before joining ADC, Habtamu worked for Associated Bank, N.A - Minneapolis, Minnesota where he gained his fifteen years of banking, sales, operations, and customer experience.
Property & Projects Manager
A longtime employee with ADC, Rich was a crucial component to the purchase and renovation of our headquarters property, and acts as our Property Manager. Rich brings over 30 years of successful community development experience to the organization, with a focus on developing and improving commercial real estate properties.
Regional Manager - Central Minnesota
With an education in Accounting from Ridgewater College in Willmar, MN and Business Administration from India’s Mysore University, Abdi’s experiences include maintaining quotas and budgets as well as recruiting and training personnel.
Fund Development Manager
Rochelle Gibbs joins the African Development Center of Minnesota as a Fund Development Manager. Prior to joining ADC, Rochelle worked for a nonprofit consultancy business as well as supported small businesses as a freelancer.
Founder, African Development Center of Minnesota
Hussein Samatar was the Founding Executive Director of the African Development Center. In this capacity, he created several culturally-targeted alternative finance products, and was frequently engaged to address financial, governmental, and other community institutions on the topic of building wealth in emerging markets. Mr. Samatar regularly participated in broader conversations that address existing and emerging economic development issues that impact new American communities. He also provided timely analysis on entrepreneurship and small business development in immigrant communities.
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