WHAT: Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and voice of small businesses on President Trump’s Cabinet, will speak at the Women's Business Enterprise National Council conference in Las Vegas and visit with small businesses and economic development champions throughout southern Nevada. This trip sparks her nationwide SBA Ignite Tour focused on listening to business owners; educating about SBA’s services for access to capital, mentoring and federal contracting; advocating for entrepreneurs and driving economic growth with small businesses.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 20, 2017, approximate times
WHERE: 11:30 am Keynote speech at WBENC, Mandalay Bay (closed media)
1:15 pm Lunch roundtable meeting with small business resource partners, including SBA-supported SCORE, SBDC, various local chambers and small businesses (closed media)
3:40 pm Visit with Flying ICU and Nosey Dogs Detection, Quail Air Center, 175 E. Reno Avenue, Las Vegas, NV (open media)
WHO: SBA Administrator Linda McMahon
Local small business owners and champions
WHY: Linda McMahon serves as the 25th administrator of the SBA and advocates on behalf of the 28 million small businesses in America. Small business owners take a risk on an idea, invest in their communities, and create jobs. Their skills and creativity not only support their own families, they make neighborhoods vibrant places to live and work and fuel the state’s, and nation’s, economic strength. Small businesses are the engine of America’s economy and in Nevada, 99 percent of the businesses are small and employ more than 40 percent of Nevada’s workforce, or 450,000 people. Follow Administrator McMahon’s tour across the nation via social media with #SBAIgniteTour.