Gina Hill Slater Parker

Gina Hill Slater Parker, President & CEO, Long Island Development Corporation (LIDC), the Long Island region’s leading business development finance agency, established in 1980 and now celebrating over four decades of service and economic contribution to Long Island’s business community. Additionally, Ms. Hill Slater Parker is the President & CEO, Long Island Small Business Assistance Corp (LISBAC), a Certified Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Community Development Entity (CDE) with the US Department of the Treasury. Under Ms. Hill Slater Parker’s leadership, LISBAC is leading the way in micro lending innovation.

Ms. Hill Slater Parker is a small business subject matter expert. A fifth-generation New Yorker and a third-generation family business owner, servicing the engineering, architectural and construction management industries. A long time small business advocate and active contributor to small business needs, locally, nationally, and internationally. With over forty years of experience in business, Ms. Hill Slater Parker maintains corporate membership, serves and/or served on numerous organizations, boards and committees to further economic development goals and small business initiatives. Ms. Hill Slater Parker has received numerous business awards, recognized for community leadership and minority owned and women owned business advocacy. She is often sought after for speaking engagements and by both print media and television for her informative, motivational and inspirational style.

Ms. Hill Slater Parker holds and has held various volunteer leadership roles with trailblazing organizations, Including but not limited to: Asian Women In Business – Black Women Enterprises – Long Island Dress for Success – Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce – Long Island’s Business & Professional Women – Nassau County Comptroller’s Minority-Owned Business Enterprise/Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, Advisory Committee – Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) – National Women’s Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC), North Atlantic Regional Chair – National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Trustee – Child Care Council of Nassau County, Board Member – Long Island Association (LIA) – Suffolk County Women’s Business Enterprise Coalition (SCWBEC) – Women’s Economic Development of Long Island (WEDLI) – Euro-American Women’s Council (EAWC), Global Vice Chair.