Stanley Tucker

As President and CEO of Meridian Management Group, Inc., Stanley W. Tucker oversees and supervises MMG’s daily operations and provides the vision for the overall organization. He is involved in marketing strategy, initiating, structuring, syndicating and monitoring of investments, as well as review of financial reports and financial plans for MMG and its managed funds. Mr. Tucker has 38 years of diversified business experience with a strong emphasis on lending, venture capital investing and the development of socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses.

Prior to forming MMG, which has managed the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority (MSBDFA) since 1995, Mr. Tucker was the Executive Director of MSBDFA from 1981 to 1995. He developed his skills as a credit analyst while working for Equitable Trust Company of Baltimore from 1979 to 1980. Mr. Tucker is a nationally sought-after speaker and consultant on minority business development. Mr. Tucker received his bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University and graduate degree from Carnegie-Mellon University.