Up NeXt with Kiona is Dell Gines a Senior Community Development Advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – supporting the seven states of NE, KS, MO, CO, NM, OK and WY.

Dell Gines is the Senior Community Development Advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He is committed to helping empower economically distressed communities through innovative economic development strategies. He is a national thought leader in entrepreneurship led economic development and ecosystem building. He has authored four guides and one eBook on the subject. His most recent work is a research report on Black Women Businesses. Dell also is a well traveled speaker, speaking in over 18 states and 45 cities during his ten years at the Bank including serving as the keynote at the National Economic Gardening Conference and the the International Community Development conference. Dell is one of less than 5,500 Certified Economic Developers (CEcD) and holds a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Finance and will complete his PhD in public administration Fall of 2020.

During his career he has received numerous commendations for his work in the community, including receiving the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President’s award two times, the Community Healing Network Award for grassroots community service, the Kansas City Top 100 Influencers in Technology, The Ten Outstanding Young Omahans Under 40 award, University of Nebraska Omaha Chapter National Council of Negro Women Award for Outstanding Community Service . In 2020 he was inducted into the Kansas City Black Acheivers Society.

On Up NeXt Kiona will discuss with Dell the development functions among black communities,, and how we move forward to empower, and make stronger decisions to further urban core communities.

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