Dennis Brown is the Vice President of Business Counselling for Connecticut Community Investment Corporation (CTCIC), a private non-profit that is a Priority Certified Development Company and Intermediary for the U.S. Small Business Administration. He has a degree in Marketing and was a long time business owner. He has over 35 years of business experience, including retail, manufacturing, production and sales & marketing. He has been active in inner city programs since 1988 and works with family homeless shelters in the area. Dennis conducts seminars around the state on many different business subjects and works with numerous communities and groups to bring business success through planning and resources location. He works with both start ups as well as existing businesses.