Yulee Newsome is the Vice President – Business Services for Veteran Program. He has entrepreneurship experience as the founder of AALLII, a career consulting service offering transition assistance for military families. Yulee is an accomplished business leader with a foundation in finance, executive management, sales, and marketing at Dow Chemical. As a veteran, Yulee’s military…
For the past 8 years Adrian has been building strong and lasting relationships with entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the Bay Area. While working as a Banker & Licensed Financial Specialist at a community business bank, he was able to assist small businesses secure financing to sustain or grow their businesses. During his time at…
Kathia Kacic-Vrana oversees the Compliance, Risk Management, and Closing departments, staff, and operations. As a part of her role, Kathia supports Main Street Launch’s lending work across all departments and ensures compliance with regulatory, secondary, and other requirements regarding lender policies. Kathia also leads secondary market sales, yearly OCRM audits, and works closely with clients…
Karla manages the lending team at Main Street Launch. She supports our work through client service and partnerships. She is passionate about small business and economic development. While her professional background is a mix of business and public policy, her career has been primarily focused on small business finance. Prior to joining Main Street Launch,…
Rodney joins Main Street Launch to support the daily operations, administrative tasks of the organization, and the office of the CEO. He is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley and plans on pursuing his MBA in Fall 2016. Rodney has also owned and operated a full-service restaurant in Los Angeles. Rodney is thrilled to join Main Street…
Diane rejoins Main Street Launch as Business Outreach Manager, part of the Merchant Directory outreach team. Diane’s work is concentrated in District 7, deep East Oakland neighborhoods, along MacArthur Boulevard, Bancroft Avenue, San Leandro Street, International Boulevard and 98th Avenue. Diane develops collaborative relationships with business owners to educate and inform them about taking part in…
Mandolin assists with Main Street Launch accounting and reporting compliance. Her background includes twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry. She continues to act as consultant to record labels, start-ups, non-profits, and working musicians. Mandolin is an active community member, an ordained minister, and the mother of a teenager. She has been appointed Commissioner for City…
Vanessa joins Main Street Launch as the Business Outreach Manager, to support and assist small businesses along the new East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line in Downtown Oakland, Chinatown, East Lake, and San Antonio. In addition, Vanessa supports Main Street Launch’s business data tracking work. She is multilingual in English, Vietnamese, and Chinese. Vanessa…
Karolyn Wong supports key initiatives for Main Street Launch, including the City of San Francisco’s Invest in Neighborhoods initiative in Chinatown. Karolyn works with the City of San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Mayor’s Office, and community partners to support economic and workforce development in the city’s Invest in Neighborhoods. Karolyn previously supported…
Bruce is responsible for the Human Resources functions at Main Street Launch Small Business Finance. His passion is supporting small to mid-sized business to help them maximize their organizational and financial results through alignment of HR strategy, leadership, talent, and processes. Bruce has led human resources functions with operations throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe.…
