OUR MISSION
The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the Urban League of Louisiana’s statewide entrepreneurial development organization. As the organization continues to evolve, we are deploying deliberate, innovative, place-based programming and services to entrepreneurs in communities across Louisiana. Our mission is to provide impactful support to women and minority entrepreneurs that wish to create and grow scalable, profitable and sustainable business ventures.
UPCOMING EVENTS
WOMEN'S BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER (WBRC)
CONTRACTOR'S RESOURCE CENTER NEW ORLEANS (CRC - GNO)
CONTRACTOR'S RESOURCE CENTER BATON ROUGE (CRC - BR)
LADOTD DBE SUPPORT SERVICES
BY THE NUMBERS
(2023 Numbers)
MILLION CONTRACTS AND CAPITAL OBTAINED BY CLINETS
TRAINING ATTENDEES
COUNSELING HOURS
CLIENTS COUNSELED
HOURS OF TRAINING
TRAINING SESSIONS
BUSINESSES CREATED
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CEI STAFF
Klassi Duncan
Vice President
kduncan@urbanleaguela.org
Shari Taylor
Director, Women’s Business Resource Center
staylor@urbanleaguela.org
Carla Antoine
Director, Small Business Support Services
cantoine@urbanleaguela.org
Christina Rousseau
Program Manager
crousseau@urbanleaguela.org
Frank Johnson
Senior Business Advisor/Contractor Specialist
fjohnson@urbanleaguela.org
Elizabeth Kensel
Business Advisor
ekensel@urbanleaguela.org
FUNDERS AND SPONSORS
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.