Donna Ennis, project director, is responsible for the strategic direction, marketing and outreach, and operations of the Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Center (GMBEC) in Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute. She also assists clients with strategic, business, and market planning; marketing research and communications; public and private procurement, finance, and operations; and business process improvement.  She has over 25 years of experience in marketing, communications, public relations, and business development, with emphasis on identifying company needs and matching them to the appropriate resources.  Ms. Ennis also has directed marketing activities for Georgia Tech’s Center for International Standards & Quality, lean enterprise services, and the Energy and Environmental Management Center.  Trained as a lead auditor for ISO 9000, she has helped companies determine their business process improvement needs and provided direction for implementing management systems and lean techniques.

Ms. Ennis has a B.S. in communications from Boston University and a Master of Public Administration from Georgia State University.

Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Center
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 319
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640

Phone: (404) 894-2096
Fax: (404) 894-1192
E-mail: donna.ennis@innovate.gatech.edu

Maria Mar Hill is the business and finance advisor for the Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Center (GMBEC).  As such, she is responsible for helping GMBEC clients in business planning and development, marketing research and strategies, operations, financial planning, financial projections and access to capital through lending programs, investors’ participation, and grants and other funding sources.  She also undertakes outreach efforts to attract qualified clients, partners, mentors, and other resources available to minority businesses.

Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 319
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640

Phone: (404) 894-2096
Fax: (404) 894-1192
E-mail: maria.hill@innovate.gatech.edu

Rhonda R. Lynch is a business advisor for the Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Center (GMBEC) and has more than 10 years of procurement experience in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. At GMBEC she attracts qualified clients, partners, mentors, and various other viable resources to the center; acts as a business coach to GMBEC clients directing them to appropriate resources; provides assistance to clients in securing contracts and capital; and continues to develop strategic relationships with the procurement (private and public) and finance communities.

Ms. Lynch most recently served as the regional director of contracting services and business diversity with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and held several supply chain roles within Mirant Corporation to include supplier diversity, supplier development, and strategic and international sourcing. After receiving a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, she earned a Masters of Business Administration – Human Resources Management degree from Keller Graduate School of Management.

Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 314C
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640

Phone: (404) 894-6109
Fax: (404) 894-1192
E-mail: rhonda.lynch@innovate.gatech.edu

Marsha Segraves provides program and logistics support to the GMBEC and staff, maintains the MBDA online systems, coordinates information for the GMBEC Web site and conducts information research. She also serves as the first line contact to the public for the GMBEC and is responsible for all logistics related to GMBEC programs. Marsha’s previously worked for Georgia Tech’s Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and for the Director of Economic Development at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. She has attended the University of Georgia, Oklahoma City University, and Georgia State University. Marsha is currently enrolled in a pre-licensing real estate course and plans to complete her undergraduate degree in the near future.

Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 319
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640

Phone: (404) 894-2096
Fax: (404) 894-1192
E-mail: marsha.segraves@innovate.gatech.edu