Business & Entrepreneurial Studies: Professional Organizations

To open channels of opportunity for Black executives to positively impact business and communities. The ELC’s strategic vision is the culmination of stakeholder efforts to build on ELC’s more than three decades of success and to prepare for shifts in the economy, business and society.

The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA, Inc.), is a nonprofit membership association dedicated to bridging the opportunity gap for black professionals in the accounting, finance and related business professions.

The National Black Chamber of Commerce, incorporated in Washington, D.C. in March 1993, represents 95,000 African-American–owned businesses and provides advocacy that reaches one million African-American-owned businesses.

The mission of the National Black MBA Association® is to lead in the creation of educational, wealth building, and growth opportunities for those historically underrepresented throughout their careers as students, entrepreneurs and professionals.

We advocate for pro-business policies that create jobs and grow our economy. Key issues range from smart tax policy and regulatory relief to legal reform and trade promotion.

Our members, ages 18-40, develop themselves personally and professionally
by bringing energy and insight to solving problems locally and around the world.