National Small Business Ombudsman visits Chatham

Posted on 25. May, 2012 by citizen in

Community stakeholders and local business owners pose for a photo at Thursday’s roundtable with Esther H. Vassar at the QBG Foundation. (L to R) Front row: Margaret Boyd, Margaret’s Boutique & Day Spa; Ananias Granger, A&D Property Services, Inc.; Wanda Wright, Chicago State University; Jack Stonebraker, Best Buy; William Garth, CEO, Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group; Esther H. Vassar, National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness; Melinda Kelly, executive director, Chatham Business Association; Terri Zhu, Louis’ Groceries NFP. Back Row: John Paul Jones, Developing Communities Project; Donnie Brown, Genesis Home Development; Brian Sleet, chief of staff, Alderman Roderick Sawyer (6th); Forest Brown, Silver Line Development; Ken Bennett, U.S. Dept. of Labor and Kim McCullough,Director of External Affairs, AT&T. (Photo by Thelma Sardin)