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October 2, 2019
Minority & Small Business Week
Advocate for Small Business
Johnell Bell named to leadership council
Johnell Bell, a longtime
advocate for minority busi-
nesses in Portland, has been
named to the National Small
Business Association Lead-
ership Council, the nation’s
oldest small-business advo-
cacy organization promoting
the interests of small business
to policymakers in Washing-
ton, D.C.
A former director of di-
versity at TriMet and a field
director for U.S. Sen. Jeff
Merkley for several years,
Bell is president and found-
er of Espousal Strategies and
chief of staff for the Portland
Diamond Project. He is a rec-
ognized small-business lead-
er and public policy expert.
“At a time when small
businesses are losing their
voice, joining NSBA’s Lead-
ership Council will enable me
to help small businesses by
advocating for better laws and
Johnell Bell
regulation,” said Bell. “With
my long history of working in
Congress, I’ll be able to help
make a real difference for
small businesses here in Ore-
gon and across the country.”
Other issues the council
wants to tackle include tax
reform, health care costs and
how the Affordable Care Act
impacts small businesses, of-
ficials said.
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