He has been a journalist for 13 years and was the first sports director of WREF-Radio in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Stan is a three-time, first prize award winner in opinion writing from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists. Mr. Simpson was the co-recipient of the National Association of Black Journalists New England Journalist of the Year Award. He is also the host of WVIT-TV Channel 30 Public Affairs program Black Perspective and chairman of the Black Perspective board of directors. I have two brothers who own small businesses and I am aware of the challenges in operating them.
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WBDC is a Stamford, Connecticut based non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurial training to women who want to develop or expand a small business. The agency is committed to serving women who are socially or economically disadvantaged by presenting alternatives to traditional employment such as micro-enterprise development. With this in mind and so that women with limited resources could benefit from WBDC programs, Ms. Pastore conceived and established the Patricia Russo Fund for Micro-Enterprise Development. She has conducted presentations for the U.S. Small Business Administration's annual conference for Women in Business and for the Teikyo Post University annual conference for Entrepreneurial Women. Fran is a member of the State of Connecticut's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women District Four Advisory Council as well as the Commission's Women's Economic Development Initiative.