A Talk by Elizabeth Echols - Director of the Small Business Administration Western and Pacific Region     

 

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011                                          
Time:  12:00 -1:15 p.m.
Place: Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St.

   Lunch is from 12 to 12:30 and $15 at the door.
   The talk is from 12:30 to 1:15 and is free. 

 

RSVP to whoisylvia@aol.com <mailto:whoisylvia@aol.com>  to reserve a lunch.

Echols says her top priority is to shake capital loose for businesses and help jump-start job growth. Her mission is to focus the regional SBA effort on capital, counseling, and contracts and to nurture high-impact, high-growth businesses, including clean tech, IT, and medical devices. Echols has a background in government, nonprofits, technology and business. She was the director of the U.S. Green Building Council's Northern California chapter, chief executive of OpNet, an education and technology nonprofit, and a policy director for Google.

 

Hope we will see you there!

 

Regards,

 

Deborah Badhia

Operations Director 

Downtown Berkeley Association

510-549-2230x11

www.downtownberkeley.org