Tonita McKnight is a business consultant with the UGA Small Business Development Center in Albany. Tonita joins the UGA SBDC after spending nine years with Albany Community Together, Inc., a community development financial institution (CDFI), where she helped entrepreneurs in Southwest Georgia with coaching and access to capital.

 She is a certified Economic Development Finance Professional through Grow America and is a certified Business Incubator Manager through InBIA. She is also a 2023 Franzini Fellow.

Tonita's strong background in business development and technical assistance serves her UGA SBDC clients well.