Minority Business Development Agency CEO and leadership

Mr. Philippe Schleicher is a Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Defense Minister, Energetic Materials at Minority Business Development Agency and is based in United States.

Chief, Public Affairs and Congressional Relations at Minority Business Development Agency - U.S. Department of Commerce

Ms. Joann J. Hill, a native of Columbia, South Carolina is the Chief of the Office of Business Development for the United States Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). Ms. Hill has served at MBDA for more than a decade and in her current capacity has oversight of the Office of Business Development. She also serves as the lead federal program officer for the nationwide network of more than 40 Business Centers that generate $5 billion in performance goals annually.

She is responsible for the creation and implementation of strategies for business development in the areas of access to capital, access to contracts, access to emerging domestic and international markets and global supply chains. She engages in international business initiatives both domestically and abroad, designed to promote business to business linkages.

Additionally, Ms. Hill has served as Senior Policy Advisor on Federal and State Export Promotion at the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Prior to joining MBDA she worked in the areas of operations management, banking, and finance.

Ms. Hill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Benedict College; Masters of Business Administration degree from Emory University, Goizueta Business School; and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive Fellows Program.

Josephine Arnold (Scarlett) is a Chief Counsel at Minority Business Development Agency and is based in u.s. Department of Commerce. She has worked as Senior Attorney-Advisor at D C Public Svc. Commission, Judicial Clerk at North Carolina Supreme Court, and Senior Attorney at National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Josephine attended Maryland Bar, District of Columbia; HOWARD UNIVERSITY between 1978 and 1982; and Howard University School of Law between 1985 and 1988.