![[photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/images/buildings/1198-1-07705b.jpg)
Chair (chosen by Governor): Jimmy H. Rhee, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs
Appointed by Governor: Miriam L. Brewer; Brindisi Chan; Debra E. Keller-Greene; John D. Lewis; Karen E. Pecora-Barbour.
Appointed by Senate President: C. Anthony Muse
Appointed by House Speaker: Benjamin T. Brooks, Sr.
Appointed by Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, Inc.: Edith J. Patterson; Barbara A. Robinson.
Ex officio: Tiffany Harvey Jackson, Esq. designee of Attorney General; Celester A. (Les) Hall, Jr., designee of Secretary of Commerce; Linda Gilmore, designee of Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Jimmy H. Rhee, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs.
100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
c/o Office of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21202
(410) 697-9604
e-mail: alison.tavik@maryland.gov
In June 2016, the Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business was created (Chapter 480, Acts of 2016).
The Task Force was to investigate discriminatory practices against minority- and women-owned businesses, including such discrimination against franchisees by franchisors. Further, issues concerned with access to working capital by small, minority and women-owned businesses were reviewed and examined by the Task Force. These issues included working capital needs; availability of working capital and barriers to it; and what State resources are available to such businesses. Finally, the Task Force examined and assessed incentives for business entities that employ ex-felons.
Authorization for the Task Force ended June 30, 2018.
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