Private and Public Sources of Funding

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MODERATOR:

Eric S. Benderson
Associate General Counsel at Small Business Administration
Eric S. Benderson, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Associate General Counsel for Litigation and Claims at the Small Business Administration. He manages and handles litigation concentrated in the areas of regulatory enforcement, financial law, Freedom of Information Act, administrative and constitutional law, as well as various aspects of environmental law. He has special expertise in the handling of complex commercial and regulatory enforcement litigation, such as those involving lenders and small business investment companies (SBICs). Read full profile…

PANEL:

Bailey DeVries
Head of U.S. Small Business Administration Investment and Innovation Programs
Ms. DeVries serves as the Associate Administrator and Head of the Office of Investment and Innovation where she leads the Agency’s portfolio of private investment partnerships and innovation funding programs. These programs include the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program, the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR/STTR), and SBA’s innovation ecosystem support organization (ESO) development programs including the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) and the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program (FAST). Read full profile…

Katie Frost
Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access
Katie Frost serves as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) where she leads the Agency’s lending programs, overseeing a $500+ billion loan asset portfolio across the 7(a), 504, microloan, disaster loan, Paycheck Protection Program, and COVID-EIDL products. Mrs. Frost joined the Biden-Harris Administration at SBA in early 2021, working as a Senior Advisor to the Administrator to support implementing SBA’s pandemic programs and loan programs. Read full profile…