Linnea attributes her entrepreneurial drive and commitment to supporting women to her mother Ginger Conrad, for whom GingerBread Capital is named. Ginger worked in publishing while raising four children as a single mom, and later founded and published a national magazine, MBE, which promotes business ownership and entrepreneurial development for minorities and women as a means to building wealth, jobs and stronger communities. Ginger retired after 27 years at the helm, and MBE continues to be published today.

“The development of minority and women-owned businesses is the cornerstone in building strong, healthy communities in which each member has the opportunity to live to his or her fullest potential. We will achieve our goal when economic parity is a reality, when every individual, regardless of race or sex, will be judged solely on his or her merit.”

– Ginger Conrad, MBE “Publisher’s Page,” 1994