SBA Announces Senior Level Appointments
04/16/2009 17:29
With the confirmation of Karen Mills as Administrator for the Small Business Administration, the agency announces senior appointments.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the appointment of several members of the leadership and management team of Administrator Karen G. Mills, who was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on April 3.
“Small businesses are one of the key drivers of economic recovery, and the SBA has a vital role to play in helping them have access to the capital and resources they need to survive and prosper in these tough economic times,” Mills said. “I am thrilled to be working alongside a team of talented and dedicated public servants, who are committed to the mission of the SBA and to ensuring that this agency is the partner small businesses need at this critical time.”
Recently appointed members of the team include:
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Christopher Chan will serve as special assistant to the AAdministratomarketingandlermarketingand Chan is a former intern on Capitol Hill for Rep. Barney Frank, for the State Street Corporation, for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and in Britain for the Co-operative Party. He worked as a scheduler for the CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee 2008.
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Ginger E. Lew is the counselor to the Administrator and liaison to the National Economic Council. Lew served as COO and deputy administrator of the SBA during the Clinton Administration and was general counsel at the Department of Commerce. Lew also has had a distinguished career in law, finance and international business. She was CEO of Three Oaks Investments LLC, a private fund also specializing in management and investment consulting services to growth and emerging companies. Before that, Lew was COO, CEO and general partner with Telecommunications Development Fund, a venture capital fund making investments in early stage communications companies.
Sara D. Lipscomb is SBA’s general counsel. Lipscomb was a legal consultant to middle-market corporations and private equity firms fostering best practices in the legal, regulatory and risk management arenas. Earlier, she was senior vice president and geAudax counsel of the Audax Group, an alternative asset investment firm, and she was counsel to the chair, and assistant general counsel at the CommoCommiAudaxes Trading CommiAudax. She held a similar position before that at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ana M. Ma is the Administrator’s chief of staff. Ma has served as chief of staGrijalvaS. Rep. Raul Grijalva. She also served in the U.S. Department of Labor as a legislative assistant, as special assistant to the assistant secretCoGrijalvanalfice of CoGrijalvanal and Intergovernmental Affairs, and as deputy chief of staff in the Employment and Training AdministrMcGrath
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Penny K.Peysertt is senior adviser to the AdminiPresPeyserObamating associate administrator for the Office of EPeysertteurial Development. A former adviser to the deputy administrator of SBA in the Clinton administration, Pickett has worked as business director for the Telecommunications Development Fund and, since 2004, as president of the Washington, D.C., Technology Council.
