Angel Coleman
Executive Director

Angel Coleman holds a master’s degree in Urban Studies from Temple University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Eastern Michigan University.  Her career mission is to improve the quality of life for residents in urban communities.  She has done this through her work in entrepreneurship development, creating high school to college gateway programs, decreasing the digital divide, providing summer and after school recreational outlets, community organizing, providing technical assistance to merchants and more.  From pulling together community stakeholders to provide joint programming in difficult economic times to being selected twice as the community partner in a University/Community collaborative program funded by the United States Department of Justice, she has always taken a community-based, cooperative approach to reach her goals.  Ms Coleman came on board with the Girard Coalition, Inc in 2006 as community organizer and focused on supporting the revitalization of the Girard Avenue commercial corridor by bringing business owners, city agencies and other community stakeholders together to achieve their common goals.  As Executive Director of the Coalition, her desire is to partner with these same stakeholders to improve the quality of life in the Girard Avenue community through business growth and job creation.    

Ty Hulse
Business Development Manager

Ty Hulse holds a Master’s Degree in Business with a focus in Marketing, as will as a B.A. in Research Psychology, and an Associate’s Degree in Animation and Design.  He came on board with the Girard Coalition, Inc in 2008 to run a strategic business development program.  Ty supports Girard Avenue merchants through organizing within business associations, providing technical assistance in marketing, event planning, promotions, securing funds, website development and connecting them with various resources to support their growth. 

Before coming to the Girard Coalition Ty worked as an independent marketing and design consultant for a number of businesses and Non-Profits in the State of Washington. As a consultant he worked with organizations to find ways to reach out to the public on a tight budget. As part of this he worked with them on their public relations strategy, advertisements, and advised them on ways to improve their website and other design materials. His work led him to be asked to write an article on methods of marketing independent films by On Screen Magazine.  Prior to becoming a business consultant he was a children’s book illustrator for the Papahana Kaiapuni (Hawaiian Language Schools) in Hilo, Hawaii.” At Papahana Kaiapuni Ty created the art for over a dozen children’s books along with many posters, and educational presentations.