Regional Director - Small Business Development Center
CurrentProvides expert management and technical assistance to start-up and existing businesses across the state. The SBDC emphasizes counseling and training services to women, veterans, people with special needs, and minority clients. The SBDC also focuses on projects that advance the job development, investment, and economic growth priorities of New York State, with an emphasis on manufacturers, exporters and technology-oriented firms. Through 22 campus-based regional centers, and dozens of outreach offices, the New York SBDC applies the resources of university, private sector, and government to solve business problems and foster entrepreneurship. The SBDC works closely with other New York State economic development agencies, faculty and students at host institutions, and representatives from private industry and business to focus resources on assisting small businesses and entrepreneurs.