Meet Our Team

bill wilkins

Executive Director
(718) 385-6700
​[email protected]

beny castro

Program Manager
Entrepreneurship Assistance Center (EAC)
Direct: (917) 933-2027
​​beny@ldceny.org

BEVERLeY LOVE

Business Consultant
(718) 385-6700
​beverleyl@ldceny.org

camille newman

DIRECTOR
​Women's Business Center
Direct: (917) 933-2432​[email protected]

John powell

Program Manager, Green Pathways Program
Direct: 917-933-2450
[email protected]

anita pierce

Business Counselor
(718) 385-6700
[email protected]

juan carlos soto

Finance Officer
Direct: (917) 933-2466
[email protected]

joel oporta

Program Assistant
718-385-6700 ext. 304
[email protected]

staff directory

MANAGEMENT
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William "Bill" Wilkins
Executive Director
[email protected]

Camille Newman
Director
[email protected]
(718) 385-6700 ext. 300
Direct: (917) 933-2432
 
Juan Carlos Soto
Financial Officer
[email protected]
(718) 385-6700 ext. 306
Direct: (917) 933-2466
PROGRAM

Beny Castro
Program Manager
[email protected]
(718) 385-6700 ext. 302
​Direct: (917) 933-2027
 
Joel A. Oporta
Program Assistant
[email protected]
(718) 385-6700 ext. 304

Ashley Marrero
Program Assistant
[email protected]
 
John Powell
Program Manager
[email protected]
(718) 385-6700 ext. 305
 
Anita Pierce
Business Counselor
[email protected]
 
Beverley Love
Business Counselor
[email protected]
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF EAST NEW YORK
80 Jamaica Avenue, 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Tel. (718) 385-6700
Fax (718) 385-7505

our mission

​The Local Development Corporation of East New York empowers individuals of all backgrounds with programs that promote economic sufficiency, build assets and improve their lives and those of their families.  We work with local businesses to retain and build industry and commerce, create jobs and improve economic opportunities for local residents and neighborhood enterprise.

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The Local Development Corporation of East New York (LDCENY) is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. SBA’s funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions, or services. All SBA-funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made at all times in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and associated amendments.
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