He was a good college player, but wound up working and then heading to law school in Michigan. He looked at returning home after graduating from the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Michigan in 1997, but through his mom heard about a job at the Small Business Administration where he could fight for something he believes in. He landed that job in October of last year. Affirmative action is under siege right now because many people don't understand it, said Charlie. We're working to continue giving assistance and opportunities to businesses that don't have access to markets and capital.
Most people have the wrong impression that it's just about set-asides.
As a legal counsel to the SBA's Office of Government Contracting and Minority Enterprise Development, he's part of the team that's reshaping that policy, dealing with contacts that range from business leaders to the White House staff. Given all that, and their mother's lobbying on behalf of women in business, I had to know what's talked about around the dinner table these days. Politics, mainly, said Charlie. In this family, I don't think that will ever change. The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company.