NEXT WEEK: SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman to Celebrate National Veterans Small Business Week in Syracuse, New York
29 October 2021 - 11:16PM
WHAT:
National Veterans Small Business Week Ribbon-Cutting Event at
Veterans Resource Center’s Institute for Veterans and Military
Families (IVMF)
In honor of National Veterans Small Business Week, U.S. Small
Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman and
Associate Administrator of Veterans Business Development Larry
Stubblefield will attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the SBA and
Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) joint National
Veterans Resource Center. During the visit, they will highlight the
SBA and Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to strengthening
America’s military families and empowerment of veteran
entrepreneurs. The Institute for Veterans and Military Families is
a recently announced grantee of the American Rescue Plan’s
Community Navigator Pilot Program. The dedication is open to the
press.
WHERE:
National Veteran Resource Center101 Waverly Ave. Syracuse,
New York 13244
WHEN:
Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
WHO:
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator,
SBALarry Stubblefield, Associate Administrator, SBA Office
of Veterans Business DevelopmentLaura Wages, Director of Programs,
SBA Office of Veterans Business DevelopmentKent
Syverud, Chancellor & President, Syracuse
UniversityJ. Michael Haynie, Ph.D, Vice Chancellor, Strategic
Initiatives & Innovation, Syracuse UniversityLocal Veteran
Small Business Owners
RSVP:
Media is invited to join the visit and must RSVP to Regional
CommunicationsDirector Matt Coleman at Matthew.Coleman@sba.gov for
credentialing by3:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
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About the Office of Veterans Business Development
The Office of Veterans Business Development’s (OVBD) mission is
to maximize the availability, applicability, and usability of small
business programs for Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans, Reserve
Component Members, and their dependents or survivors. OVBD is SBA’s
liaison with the veterans business community; provides policy
analysis and reporting, and is an Ombudsman for veteran
entrepreneurs. OVBD has several programs and services to assist
aspiring and existing veteran entrepreneurs such as training,
counseling and mentorship, and oversight of Federal procurement
programs for Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Businesses.
About the U.S. Small Business
Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream
of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and
voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal
government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business
owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or
expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It
delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices
and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn
more, visit www.sba.gov.
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