Before joining the Newark Alliance, Aisha Glover led the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, the city’s economic catalyst, working to strengthen small businesses, support a thriving entrepreneurial base and attract businesses in emerging markets. Prior to that she served as vice president of external affairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, where she oversaw strategic partnership development, community engagement, public affairs, and fundraising, and played a key role in supporting the Yard’s growing economic development initiatives. Prior to that, she led a team at the Center for the Urban Environment, New York City’s largest provider of environmental education programs; helped create a local chapter of the Small Business Alliance; and was instrumental in launching Green Brooklyn, the borough’s first and largest sustainability event.