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136</a></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6c0ebca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="6c0ebca" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0e7c2b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0e7c2b7" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Marlon Watson</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0fc554f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0fc554f" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Business Development Counselor</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c6c66ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c6c66ad" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Marlon Watson is a business development and compliance professional with expertise in M/WBE/DBE outreach, business financing, construction compliance, and workforce development. Since 2019, he has served as a Business Development Officer with the Business Outreach Center Network (BOCNET), where he helps minority- and women-owned businesses secure financing, build growth strategies, and pursue new opportunities.</h2></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e68fa20 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="e68fa20" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-17fd9ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="17fd9ad" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2dacf32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="2dacf32" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8f20042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="8f20042" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default">
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145</a></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-69d965f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="69d965f" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-94bc132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="94bc132" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Dean Bennett</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-25a2b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="25a2b18" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Senior Procurement Consultant</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-448e7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="448e7f8" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Dean Bennett is the founding President of J.K. Bennett and Associates, a New York-based management consulting firm. Dean has served as Executive Director for the Empire State Development Division of MWBE, and as Director of EEO and Deputy Director for the Office of Minority Affairs for Nassau County.</h2></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e31b10a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="e31b10a" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-61ea5af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="61ea5af" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f3b7433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="f3b7433" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default">
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154</a></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-72a4380 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="72a4380" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5918509 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="5918509" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Marlon Watson</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0d02372 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0d02372" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Business Development Counselor</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-42835f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="42835f0" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Marlon Watson is a business development and compliance professional with expertise in M/WBE/DBE outreach, business financing, construction compliance, and workforce development. Since 2019, he has served as a Business Development Officer with the Business Outreach Center Network (BOCNET), where he helps minority- and women-owned businesses secure financing, build growth strategies, and pursue new opportunities.</h2></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d57ba6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="d57ba6a" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ae415b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="ae415b5" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-edb8fbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="edb8fbb" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-78fa50f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="78fa50f" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default">
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163</a></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b089929 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="b089929" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-eab6c65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="eab6c65" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Devanshi Manojbhai-Shah</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-aa44564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="aa44564" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Student Assistant</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0f08fcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0f08fcb" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Devanshi Shah is an MBA student at Hofstra University, specializing in Business Analytics. She currently supports Ascend Long Island, ideHUb and contributes to its efforts to empower and connect local entrepreneurs and business owners.</h2></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f9f7604 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="f9f7604" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container" data-settings="{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}"><div class="e-con-inner"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-26d9bf8 animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="26d9bf8" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Testimonials</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-86d563e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="86d563e" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Hear directly from local business owners and regional partners on how Ascend Long Island drives measurable growth and supply chain opportunities.</h2></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ba82427 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="ba82427" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-93ab4ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="93ab4ef" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0d2ae8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial" data-id="0d2ae8b" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="testimonial.default"><div class="elementor-testimonial-wrapper"><div class="elementor-testimonial-content">“Ascend offered much more than business education. It gave me access to people, resources, mentorship, and a community of entrepreneurs who understood both the excitement and the challenges of building a business.”</div><div class="elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside"><div class="elementor-testimonial-meta-inner"><div class="elementor-testimonial-image">
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