Community & Capital Solutions, LLC

Quincy Ellis and Dana Curtis are Managing Partners for Community and Capital Solutions (COMCAP). Most recently they have been Executive Director and Assistant Director to an Economic Development Corp., a Chamber of Commerce and one of the largest and most successful incubation programs in Texas. They have worked all over the State of Texas with communities in the prioritizing and implementation of their combined community based plans. Planning in some areas included any or all of the listed organizations: Economic Development Corporations, Chambers of Commerce, City Council, County Commissioners and School boards.

The community based planning has been done with groups as small as 10 to over 100 participants. Quincy and Dana have experience in group work processes, which is instrumental in the planning process with communities and companies.

In the incubation program Quincy and Dana not only managed daily operations of the Small Business Incubator but worked hand in hand with the companies to provide marketing planning and assistance along with pricing and advertising. Each company has different needs, thus the need to provide all kinds of solutions to benefit each individually. Quincy and Dana have been successful in recruiting businesses internationally. They have also recruited a community college to their community even through high political opposition.

Dana Curtis has over 12 years Chamber experience and 8 years in Economic Development and Incubation. Dana has managed non-profit offices and privately owned two small businesses. She currently serves as Vice-President of the Texas Midwest Community Network, a regional organization developed to assist, support and politically connect cities, chambers, and economic development corporations in Texas.

Prior to managing the Economic Development Corporation Quincy had 29 years of business management experience including: 15 years in Human Resource Management, 3 years Manufacturing and 11 years in National Sales and Marketing. The incubator was featured in the 2001 NBIA publication. He graduated from North Texas State University with a B.B.A. and holds a M. Ed. from Springfield College. Throughout his career he has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer for a number of colleges and universities. He has also given speeches to many organizations in various cities in the State of Texas.