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Ana Harvey Named to Lead SBA’s
Office of Women’s Business Ownership
Washington, DC
- Ana Recio Harvey, an experienced
entrepreneur and recently the president of
the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce, has been named as head of
the U.S. Small Business Administration’s
Office of Women’s Business Ownership,
SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills
announced Thursday, April 30, 2009.
As associate administrator of the Office of
Women’s Business Ownership, Harvey will
manage the agency’s efforts to promote the
growth of women-owned businesses through
programs that address business training and
technical assistance, and provide access to
credit and capital, federal contracts and
international trade opportunities.
“Women business owners play a huge economic,
cultural and social role in every part of
American life,” said Mills. “Women business
owners are at the forefront of change and
progress in this country. Addressing their
special needs and helping them break down
obstacles are critical to the nation’s
economic recovery. Ana Harvey is the right
person to help SBA accomplish that task.”
The National Women’s Business Council, which
advises SBA, estimates that in 2008 there
were 7.2 million majority-owned,
privately-held, women-owned businesses in
the United States. These firms employ 7.3
million people and generate $1.1 trillion in
sales.
Harvey will direct the SBA’s network of
Women’s Business Centers, which provide
training and counseling to thousands of
women business owners across the country
from 112 centers in nearly every state. The
program office also works with women’s
business ownership representatives in every
SBA district office, and the Online Women’s
Business Center.
Harvey holds a bachelor’s degree from the
University of Houston. After working as a
translation consultant from 1991 to 2000,
she established Syntaxis, a
multilingual communications company serving
clients that included Fortune 500
companies, government agencies, and
non-profit organizations. Over the course
of seven years, she built the company to 75
employees handling communications and
translations in 25 languages.
After a two-year stint as Latino programs
director with Cultural Tourism DC,
Harvey became president and CEO of the
Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce in 2007. |
Source: SBA Release dated Apr-30-2009.
For more information, please visit
www.sba.gov. |
