The Wisconsin MBDA Business Center, located in Milwaukee, WI, is operated by the North Central Minority Development Council. The Center is part of a national network of MBDA Business Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency. The center works with minority business enterprises to generate increased financing and contract opportunities and to create and retain jobs. Our clients are U.S. minority business enterprises (MBEs) as defined in the MBD Act. Minority business enterprises are businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged individuals. MBEs are fast-growing, innovative, and represented in every industry sector in the United States. MBEs directly contribute to the U.S. economy and account for the creation of millions of U.S. jobs.

Derek Knox is the Operator of the Wisconsin Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center. Derek is responsible for facilitating the exponential growth of minority-owned business enterprises through business development and capacity building.