Ciemone Sheppard is the Founder and CEO of Ciemone Inc. a Financial and Insurance Firm. The primary goal for her starting this company was to create and provide her clients with the tools to create financial education, wealth strategies and intergenerational wealth.  She works with a wide range of professionals across the public and private sector to secure the longevity of their businesses. ...

PALO ALTO, CA, APRIL 2, 2018 —Kicking off next week’s 15th Annual Skoll World Forum, the Skoll Foundation announced the six winners of the 2018 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Awards distinguish transformative leaders whose organizations disrupt the status quo, drive sustainable large-scale change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world. “It is a special moment when our ‘family’ of extraordinary social entrep...

Following President Trump’s signing of the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin today announced that the SBA and Treasury Department have initiated a robust mobilization effort of banks and other lending institutions to provide small businesses with the capital they need. The CARES Act establishes a new $349 billion Paycheck P...