Rock County Jumpstart, the Beloit-based nonprofit that supports businesses owned by people of color, has hired Georgia Allen as its first program director.
‘Georgia’s personal and community life experiences provoked humble servant leadership, and intentional curiosity in business as a way to break generational curses of poverty for herself and others who deserve and aspire to achieve the same freedom, especially Black and Brown women-led households,” founder and CEO Genia Davis said in a press release. “Her most treasured impact is the continued love and nurturing of her 8-year-old daughter A’zaryah, an athlete at heart.”
“Joining the Rock County Jumpstart organization is an amazing opportunity to work with Genia Stevens, who believed in my first public entrepreneur journey. To be able to pour into her mission is an honor,” Allen said in a statement.
Allen most recently served as executive director of The Road Home of Dane County and has been involved in several other local non-profits. She has served on the board of directors at Movin’ Out, Inc. for over three years and served on the board at The River Food Pantry and Access to Independence.
Rock County Jumpstart has recently moved into its first office space and is ramping up full-time staff thanks in large part to a grant of nearly $1 million as part of the Department of Administration’s Diverse Business Assistance Grants program.
