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Shirley Bowie-Dean serves as the Acting Chief Information Officer for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) with executive leadership responsibility for all MBDA Information Technology Investments, Operations and Management. MBDA is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce and is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in the United States. Ms. Bowie-Dean provides leadership for MBDA's IT Enterprise Architecture, IT Policy and Planning, Cyber Security Operations and MBDA's operational portfolio including Network, Regional Data Centers, and Customer Relationship Management Services.

Holden Hoofnagle is the Chief of the Office of Business Development for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).  Holden came to MBDA from the private sector where he was the COO and CFO of Global Securities Information, an organization with 150 employees and $22m in annual revenue.  He managed all departments of the organization and helped lead the company through the due diligence and sale process. 

After completing the sale, Holden managed three separate acquisitions for the Thomson Corp (Thomson Reuters).  Holden has a Bachelor’s of Science (BS) in Finance from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Emory Business School.  He is on the Corporate Advisory Board for So Others Might Eat.

Ms. Josephine Arnold serves as the Chief Counsel for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) within the United States Department of Commerce.  The Chief Counsel for the MBDA provides legal and policy advice to the MBDA National Director, and to the Agency’s headquarters and five regional offices, covering all aspects of MBDA's operations and programs.  MBDA functions as a primary operating bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce and is authorized by Executive Order 11625.  MBDA’s mission is to foster the establishment, growth and global competitiveness of the nation’s minority business enterprises (MBEs).

Prior to joining the MBDA as Chief Counsel, Ms. Arnold served as a Senior Attorney with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) located in the U.S. Department of Commerce for 11 years.  At NTIA, she was the lead attorney on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and State Broadband Data Development grant programs established under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009; she provided advice and counsel, prepared documents, and reviewed awards, and assisted with aspects of administering the programs.  As counsel for the BTOP grants, she assisted NTIA’s Minority Telecommunications Development Program in obtaining revised Small Business Administration size standards for minority applicants.

As National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau within the United States Department of Commerce, Mr. Hinson oversees a national network of 40 MBDA Business Centers, including centers in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico and the first of its type Federal Procurement center located in Washington DC. MBDA’s core mission is to expand the U.S. economy and create new jobs by promoting the growth and global competitiveness of large, medium and small businesses that are minority-owned.

Since the start of the Obama Administration, MBDA has assisted minority-owned firms in obtaining nearly $12 billion in contracts and capital, creating and saving over 20,000 jobs. Under his leadership, MBDA has experienced the three best performing years in the 43-year history of the Agency.

Prior to joining the Obama Administration as a presidential appointee, Mr. Hinson was President and CEO of Wealth Management Network, Inc., a multi-million dollar independent, financial advisory boutique where he provided global asset management and risk management services to high net worth and emerging wealth clients. Prior to this position, Mr. Hinson managed a 10-state sales region as Director of Advisory Services and Managing Director of Business Development for Envestnet Asset Management, a publicly traded, $70 billion financial advisory firm.