2019 Business Awards Celebration Luncheon

Tentative Agenda

11:30 am: Doors Open
11:45 am: Welcome Remarks
11:55 am: Lunch Served
12:20 pm: Florida SBDC Network Performance Awards Presentation (Presented by Eileen Rodriguez, Regional Director, Florida SBDC at USF)
12:30 pm: Florida SBDC at USF Small Business Awards Presentation (Presented by Eileen Rodriguez, Regional Director, Florida SBDC at USF)
12:35 pm: Armchair Conversation with U.S. SBA
1:00 pm: U.S. Small Business Administration Award Presentation (Presented by CJ Castro, Senior Area Manager, U.S. SBA)
1:10 pm: Closing Remarks
1:15 pm: Open Networking

Ashley Bell, Keynote Speaker

Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell was appointed on February 21, 2018 by the White House to serve as Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration for Region IV; serving nine districts located in the eight Southeastern States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

He has been a small business owner and entrepreneur himself since the young age of 22. Prior to this appointment, he served as Associate Director for External Affairs for the U.S. Peace Corps and Special Assistant in the Public Affairs Bureau of the United States Department of State.

Hotel

The Westshore Grand Hotel
4860 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33609

Florida SBDC Network

The Florida SBDC at the University of South Florida is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide partnership program nationally accredited by the Association of America’s SBDCs and funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Defense Logistics Agency, State of Florida, and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the network’s lead host institution. Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals.

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