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How SBA Empowers and Provides Opportunities for Women as they Start and Grow their Business
On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 12:00 noon EST, OWIT International will be hosting a free webinar for everyone, including non-members, in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA"). Erin Andrew, the SBA assistant administrator for women's business ownership will provide an overview of SBA programs and will cover:
- Opportunities for women business owners and entrepreneurs to access and utilize these programs including capital, innovation, contracting, and counseling
- How SBA has supported and empowered women entrepreneurs through access to capital, contracting and counseling
- New initiatives that impact women entrepreneurs
Presenter:
Erin Andrew, B.S., M.S.
As the U.S. Small Business Administration’s assistant administrator for women’s business ownership, Erin Andrew is the director of the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership. She oversees the agency’s efforts to promote the growth of women-owned businesses through advocacy and programs that provide business training and counseling, access to credit and capital, and multiple business and networking opportunities.
Andrew manages a nationwide network of women's business centers that provide training, counseling and mentoring to hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs in every state and two U.S. territories. Her office also works with representatives in every SBA district office to oversee operations of the women’s business centers and to coordinate services for women entrepreneurs.
Most recently, Andrew served as director of the Innovation Clusters and Skills Initiatives in the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development, which works to meet the counseling and training needs of America’s small businesses. She focused on supporting entrepreneurship skills initiatives, regional innovation clusters, and entrepreneurship training for America’s transitioning military service members, women, youth and 50+ Americans.
Prior to her work at the SBA, Andrew was a senior policy analyst at the National Governors Association, focusing on workforce and economic-development issues. She has held positions at different levels of government, including working in the Governor of Iowa’s Office as a policy advisor on economic development and workforce-development issues; and at a local/regional development authority in Pittsburgh, PA. She was also a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she counseled federal agencies on organizational change strategies and enterprise architecture.
Andrew holds a B.S. in business administration and ethics, and an M.S. in public policy and management, both from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Cost:
Members: FREE
Non-Members: FREE
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