Kevin Coogan

Experience

1. Vice President of Community & Economic Development

   Hope Enterprise Corporation

   Sep 2016 — Present · Jackson, MS, US

   Advance the organization’s mission of strengthening communities, building assets, and improving lives in economically distressed areas of the Deep South by providing access to high quality financial products and related services, and by promoting policies that support affordable healthy food access.•Develop alternative healthy food access business models with community, philanthropic, and private industry partners where traditional grocery stores are unsustainable and public transportation insufficient.•Support and work in partnership with community leaders in the Hope Community Partnership initiative through the creation of strategic plans that identify and document key challenges and opportunities; determine priority projects and potential solutions; and attract the partners, funders and resources needed to implement change. •Co-organize Community Leadership Institute events and webinars offering community and economic development education and networking opportunities to Mississippi Delta community leaders and elected officials.

Education

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  Executive Program, Business Administration

  2003 — 2004

• Loyola University New Orleans

  Bachelor of Arts, Business Marketing

  1983 — 1986