Community Service
Tuck Business School
Andre Downey, President and CEO of EEC, Incorporated, is Maryland’s alumni representative for Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business Executive Education Program. His responsibilities include recruiting students for Tuck’s Minority Business Executive Education Program and raising funds to provide scholarships for women and minority entrepreneurs who might otherwise have difficulty affording the program.
Mr. Downey said, "I gladly take on this new responsibility. I credit the education I received from Tuck for giving me the tools I needed to grow my business and create new jobs. I think it is important for other minority entrepreneurs to have the same opportunity."
The State of Maryland is home to more than 400,000 businesses, and more than half of these businesses are owned by women, or members of minority groups. The number of minority owned businesses should significantly increase with the projected wave of new immigration. Maryland’s economic growth is dependent on the success of these businesses.
BRAC Small and Minority Business Advisory Board
Andre Downey also serves on the BRAC Small and Minority Business Advisory Board. The function of the Board is to work together as a group and assist in identifying members of the small, disadvantaged, women-owned, and minority business community and facilitate getting information to them. In addition, the Board has as goals strengthening its communication with the Department of Defense (DoD) and BRAC-affected military installations and creating business partnerships through mentor programs which can increase successful contract awards with the State of Maryland and DoD. Mr. Downey commented, "I am happy to serve on this committee to help others in the small business community garner access to the opportunities available through the BRAC realignment."