This council advises SBA's Administrator on ways to ensure that small businesses have greater access to capital.
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Overview
The Small Business Lending Advisory Council advises SBA on small business lending matters. The council recommends policy and program changes to improve small businesses' access to capital.
Council members examine issues such as:
- Obstacles small businesses face when accessing capital, especially in underserved and under-resourced communities.
- Challenges lenders face when providing capital to small businesses through SBA programs.
- Private sector innovation in the small business lending community.
Council members
- Paul Brown
Managing Partner
Michigan eLab Investment Co. - Sheryl Cameron
Executive Director SBA Solutions
JPMorgan Chase - Kevin Carey
Interim President and CEO
American Hotel and Lodging Association - Ellis Carr
President and CEO
CDC Small Business Finance - Jill Castilla
President and CEO
Citizens Bank of Edmond - Tammy deClercq
COO Head of Operations SBA
Lendistry SBLC - Jeff Dick
Chairman and CEO
MainStreet Bank (VA) - Nicole Dilts
VP of Commercial Solutions
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union - Maggie Ference
SVP Small Business and SBA Director
Huntington National Bank - Jeff Hansel
1st VP
Rockland Trust Company - Amy Hereford
President and CEO
LiftFund Inc. - Ernest Hunter
CEO
Frenchy's - Duane Lewis
Interim Co-CEO
Black Business Investment Fund Inc. - Deborah Partin
SVP of Lending
Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. - Amy Patel
EVP Head of Commercial Distribution
TD Bank - Giovanna Piovanetti
Executive President
Corporacion para el Financiamiento Empresarial del Comercio y De Las Comunidades - Lane Rhodes
VP Senior Loan Officer
Live Oak Bank - Mark Robertson
President and CEO
PCR Small Business Development Corporation - April Schneider
Head of Small and Business Banking
Wells Fargo