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The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses. The first and current National Director is Ronald N. Langston.

MBDA's stated mission is "to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses by providing access to public/private debt and equity financing, market opportunities, and management and business information; coordinating and leveraging public and private resources; and, facilitating strategic alliances." The main feature of the organization and it's site is to provide free consulting services to minority business developers. There are foure detailed guidlines for the following: access to markets, access to capital, management and technical assistance, and education and training.

[edit] History

On March 5, 1969, Richard Nixon wrote Executive Order 11458, establishing the Office of Minority Business Enterprise. In 1979, the agency was renamed the Minority Business Development Agency.

Ronald N. Langston, was appointed the MBDA National Director by United States President George W. Bush on March 19, 2001.

[edit] External links

• Minority Business Development Agency website

v • d • e Agencies under the United States Department of Commerce

Secretary of Commerce Deputy Secretary of Commerce Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Bureau of Industry and Security Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Economics and Statistics Administration • Bureau of Economic Analysis • Census Bureau • Economic Development Administration Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade International Trade Administration • Minority Business Development Agency Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator for NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • National Telecommunications and Information Administration Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Patent and Trademark Office Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology Technology Administration • National Institute of Standards and Technology • National Technical Information Service • Office of Technology Policy

[edit] Resources

Alkalimat, Abdul. The African American Experience in Cyberspace. Pluto Press, 1994.