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Manpower
is a worldwide leader in the staffing industry, providing workforce
management services and solutions to customers through 3,900
offices in 61 countries. The firm annually provides employment
to 2 million people worldwide and is an industry leader in employee
assessment and training. Manpower's TechReach is a national
workforce development initiative to prepare unemployed or underemployed
individuals for well-paying career
opportunities. for more info
Contact: Branka
Minic
Phone: (305) 670-1875
www.us.manpower.com |
MetroBusinessNet (MBN)
is a national network of business-led civic institutions seeking
to make their regions more competitive in today’s global
economy. Drawing from the learning and experience of network
members, MetroBusinessNet is the leader in a new field of
practice at the intersection of business competitiveness,
regionalism, and economic equity. for
more info
Contact: Brian
Bosworth
Phone: (617) 484-4443
www.metrobusinessnet.net
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The Milken
Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit economic think
tank that focuses its research agenda on four areas including:
corporate finance, capital markets, and financial institutions;
the growing influence of globalization and international trade
on economic development; the key role of education, jobs, labor
markets, and human capital; and regional economic performance
and demographics. for more info
Contact: Glenn
Yago
Phone: (310) 570-4600
www.milkeninstitute.org |
National
Association of Manufacturers/Center for Workforce Success (NAM)
is the largest industrial trade organization in the U.S.
representing the nation’s manufacturers. The Center for
Workforce Success is the workforce development arm of the NAM’s
research and education affiliate, the Manufacturing Institute.
The CWS offers educational information, industry data and resources
to help manufacturers develop innovative workforce solutions.
for more info
Contact: Phyllis Eisen
Phone: (202) 637-3011
www.nam.org |
National
Community Capital Association is a national network of
community development financial institutions (CDFIs) comprising
community development loan funds, credit unions, venture capital
funds, and microenterprise lenders. National Community Capital
helps investors make sound community investing decisions that
benefit economically disadvantaged people and communities.
for more info
Contact: Mark Pinsky
Phone: (215) 923-4754
www.communitycapital.org |
National
Community Investment Fund (NCIF) is a $23 million asset
certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)
intermediary that takes investment from institutional investors
and reinvests in banks and credit unions with a primary mission
of community development. NCIF's investors include Bank of America,
MBNA and Washington Mutual. Shorebank Corporation, a bank holding
company with thirty years of development banking experience
in urban and rural markets is the Fund Advisor. for
more info
Contact: Lisa Richter
Phone: (312) 881-5851
www.ncif.org |
National
Congress for Community Economic Development is the national
trade association for the country’s 4,000 nonprofit community
development corporations. It offers a variety of services to
businesses interested in corporate community partnerships including
brokering relationships with local community-based organizations
like their member CDCs. Its areas of special focus are telecommunications,
retail/franchising, manufacturing, workforce development, access
to capital, and health care. for more
info
Contact: John
Schall
Phone: (202) 289-9020
www.ncced.org |
National
Housing Trust offers lending institutions a unique opportunity
to expand participation in affordable housing finance for America’s
low-income communities. The Trust acts as a "hands on"
intermediary to the field, while at the same time communicating
that experience and lending expertise to policy makers. for
more info
Contact: Michael Bodaken
Phone: (202) 333-8931
www.nhtinc.org |
NeighborWorks
America strengthens communities and transforms lives
across America by supporting innovative local partnerships of
residents, businesses, and government, collectively known as
the NeighborWorks® network, and by advancing broader community
development goals. The network is best known for its efforts
that have created 40,000 new homeowners over the past four years
through a concept called “full-cycle lending.” for
more info
Contact: Elizabeth Chandler
Phone: (617) 585-5043
www.nw.org |
Net
Impact is a network for young business leaders interested
in using the power of business to create a better world. Through
its central office and 50 local business school chapters, Net
Impact helps members broaden their business education, refine
their leadership skills, and build meaningful careers. for
more info
Contact: Liz
Maw
Phone: (415) 984-3300
www.net-impact.org |
One
Economy Corporation is a nonprofit organization that
leverages technology to make low-income people a viable market
segment for business while fostering national strategies that
help low-income people raise their standard of living, build
assets and connect to the social and economic mainstream. for
more info
Contact: Ben Hecht
Phone: (202) 393-4660
www.one-economy.com |
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