Meet The Director of the Minority Business Development Agency

(allgov.com) — David A. Hinson was appointed National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency on July 15, 2009. He oversees the agency’s five regional branches and 48 business bureaus, which offer support services to minority businesses. In 2009, the agency executed almost $3 billion in contracts and financing.Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Hinson earned his BBA in Insurance/Finance, cum laude, from Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1987 he received an MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He was awarded a certificate in International Business with honors at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden, and a French studies certificate with honors from the University of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, West Africa.