Michigan Business Beat | Aileen Cohen, MEDC Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Officer

Jeffrey Mosher speaks with Aileen Cohen, Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Officer MEDC, Lansing, MI, but serving statewide. First Aileen could you share how MEDC or your role with them is addressing DEI? MEDC sees a value in addressing this in coordination with their overall mission, that's great, can you speak a bit more to its value and place in economic development and keeping Michigan a great place to work? As mentioned we are at the #MPC22, I understand that tomorrow, Thursday, morning, June 2nd, you will be participating in a session labeled Supporting Michigan’s Small Businesses | A Conversation on Supporting Michigan’s Small Businesses with Executive Vice President of Economic Development Incentives Michele Wildman, Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Fred Molnar. Can you go into some details of what that will entail? As we wrap this up what are your initial impressions of this year's conference? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX… » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/