The Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce will host its annual luncheon and Business with Heart Awards on Wed., April 26. The featured speaker will be Randal Pinkett, the season four winner of “The Apprentice.”The theme of this year’s luncheon is Black Business Matters. Besides being a reality television star, Pinkett is a business and technology entrepreneur and is currently the president and CEO of BCT partners. He’s the author of…

Sunflower Bank has promoted Matt Fitch to Senior Vice President, Small Business Banking Sales Leader. He will oversee small business banking across all of the bank’s markets. Fitch has worked in the banking industry for 15 years and has experience within a variety of industries.  He’s successfully created and implemented a medical lending program that specializes in financing for dental and veterinarian practices.  The program compliments the suite of medical…

In a bipartisan 81-19 vote, the Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as the new administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). McMahon is a former wrestling entertainment executive who co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment and as CEO oversaw its growth from a handful of employees to more than 800. She left the organization in 2009 to run campaigns for Senate in 2010 and 2012. She lost both races. By 2015, WWE…

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has appointed Esther George to its board of trustees. George is president and COO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and is a member of the Federal Open Market Committee. George was appointed president of the Kansas City Fed in 2011 after serving with the bank for 30 years. She became its chief operating officer in 2009. George directs Federal Reserve activities in…