Central Coast Minority Enterprise Resource Affiliates (CCMERA) is hosting a free business reception at the River Ridge Gold Course Club House on Tuesday, unhealthy August 9, there 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Special guests will include the host MC Dr. Trashonda Mizuno-Malbrough and guest speaker Burke Franklin.

Dr. Trashonda Mizuno-Malbrough uses humor, honesty, and intuitive gifts to connect with each client. Dr. T is a World Class Certified Master Life Coach, EFT Practitioner (Emotional Freedom Technique), a Licensed Minister, and holds honorary Doctorate Degrees in Philosophy of Humanities and a Doctorate of Divinity. She is the founder of Sound Mind Life Coaching and EFT (2007), has been in the healing arts speaking to audiences for more than 16 years, and has been blessed to have helped thousands of people to shift, change, and transform their lives.

Burke Franklin is the originator of the popular BizPlan Builder business planning software and the founder of Business Power Tools. With an extensive background in sales, marketing and management, Burke brings a very practical approach to everything he does. In 1995 Burke was elected to the White House Conference on Small Business and in 1996 he was nominated for Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year.”

The reception offers a chance to connect with a vast network of business professionals. It’s a chance to pick up valuable business insights and meet some dynamic entrepreneurs.

CCMERA is a dynamic business development resource. The organization assists emerging, small, and medium-size enterprises within the California Central Coast region. In addition to aiding local small business, it’s goal is to target underserved business persons, including African Americans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, Asians, veterans, women, and other underserved populations on the Central Coast.

CCMERA will be having a speaker coming in September and a one-day business conference in November to round out it’s calendar for 2016. CCMERA is co-sponsored by Economic Development Collaborative Ventura County (EDC-VC) among others.

For more information on CCMERA, visit their website at www.ccmera.org.