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The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and the Busch School of Business and Economics at Catholic University are looking forward to welcoming you at
the
2017 Inner City Capital Connections - Washington, D.C. Informational Kickoff Meeting
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Heritage Hall, Fr. O'Connell Hall
The Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Ave NE, Washington DC 20064
More than 100 leaders from business, government, and civic groups throughout the area have registered to attend this event as nominating partners, who will identify qualified entrepreneurs
in Washington, D.C. for
the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC)
program. If you are not registered yet, please take this opportunity to register below.
ICIC will present the ICCC program's objectives, content, suggested small business candidate profile, nomination process, and the program's track record of success.
This event is part of a partnership between Catholic University and ICIC to accelerate small business growth in Washington, D.C.
See
press release
for details.
The Busch School will be the first partner working with ICIC to execute the ICCC program locally and the first business school in the country to collaborate with ICIC on a broader vision of the program. This represents a tremendous opportunity for business and community leaders to enhance the entrepreneurial capacity of our city and to facilitate economic and human development in our neighborhoods.
Featured Speakers
Donald Cardinal Wuerl
Cardinal Donald Wuerl is the Archbishop of Washington, Chancellor of our University and also the William Cardinal Baum University Professor of Theology. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. He participated in the March 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis. He serves on numerous national and international bodies including the Vatican Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith, for Bishops, for Clergy, the Pontifical Councils for Promoting Christian Unity, for Culture, and the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. The Cardinal has received both a B.A. and M.A. from the Catholic University School of Philosophy and graduate degrees from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in theology from the University of Saint Thomas in Rome. He was ordained a bishop by Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1986, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome. He served as Auxiliary Bishop in Seattle until 1987 and then as Bishop of Pittsburgh for 18 years until his appointment to Washington. His titular church in Rome is Saint Peter in Chains.
Pedro Alfonso
Pedro Alfonso is Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic Concepts, Inc. He is also Managing Partner of DCI Utility Locate Service, LLC, and DCI Utility Infrastructure Services, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Dynamic Concepts, Inc.
He completed the ICCC program in 2006 and in 2012. Mr. Alfonso is active in various organizations including currently serving as Vice Chair of the Board of the D.C. Public Access Corporation, and on the Board and Executive Committee of the National Small Business Association (NSBA), a nationally recognized small business advocacy group of 40,000 small businesses from around the country. Mr. Alfonso was awarded a National Achievement Award by the Small Business Administration, recognized as a Washington Achiever by the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Department of Interior, and Alumnus of the Year by the Howard University School of Business.
Agenda
9:20 a.m.
Closing Remarks
Robert Keith, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, Busch School
Inner City Capital Connections:
ICCC is the flagship program under ICIC, which was founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter. Since its inception in 2005, more than 1,000 small businesses have participated in ICCC raising over $1 billion and creating over 12,000 jobs across America. See the
2016 Impact Report
.
The no-cost program includes:
- Comprehensive executive education training modules,
- Interactive webinars,
- Individualized coaching sessions, and
- A two-day capital matching conference in NYC.
For more information, please contact:
Rebecca Teti, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship
Hyacinth Vassell, Director, ICCC, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
To request accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please call 202-319-6749.
Getting to campus
Metro
is the easiest way to access the campus: Take a red line train (direction of Glenmont) to the Brookland-CUA station. Exit to the left when leaving the station.
For directions from various airports, please click here.
Parking
- Ample parking is available in the visitor lot of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception located adjacent to our campus. This parking lot is open daily from 7 am until 7 pm and can be accessed via Harewood Road on the west side of the Basilica. Its entrance is marked by a red X on the map,
click here to view
. Once you have parked, walk east on Michigan Avenue until you reach Father O'Connell Hall, which is marked by a yellow star.
- Additional parking is available in metered spaces next to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
- Street parking is also available on Harewood Road, located on the west side of campus.
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