NEWSRELEASE
For Release: March 6, 2006
Contact: Kathy Tobias, (202)
205-6938
kathryn.tobias@sba.gov
SBA Number: 06-06
ADVO
Press Kit
Economic Development Expert Christine Serrano Glassner
Is Regional Advocate For Small Business
Will Work With Small Businesses, Trade Associations, Legislators, Local Governments
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Economic development expert Christine Serrano Glassner today joins the Office of Advocacy as Regional Advocate for the federal government’s Region II, covering New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. She will be the direct link between small business owners, state and local government agencies, state legislators, small business associations, and the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
“Christine Serrano Glassner is a great addition to President Bush’s small business team,” said Thomas M. Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy. “Her experience with the Empire State Development Corporation, and as a small business owner, will allow her to immediately help small businesses combat overly burdensome government regulations.”
Serrano Glassner has extensive experience in economic development with the Empire State Development Corporation. There she served as Chief of Staff to the Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President for Special Projects and Westside Development, and most recently Senior Vice President of New Market Development. She also has small business experience as the former owner of a catering firm.
“I am excited to be able to use my economic development experience and small business background to promote policies that strengthen entrepreneurs,” said Serrano Glassner. “I look forward to being a part of the Office of Advocacy and to the opportunity to bring the concerns of small business owners in Region II to Washington, D.C.”
Regional Advocates help identify new issues and concerns of small business owners. They also monitor the impact of federal and state policies on small business at the local level. They work closely with local government officials, state officials, legislators, and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to develop programs and policies that reduce regulation and promote small business growth.
For more information, call Christine Serrano Glassner at (212) 264-7750 or visit the Office of Advocacy website at
www.sba.gov/advo.###
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit
www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.