William H. Largent
Assistant Administrator, Office of Native American Affairs

 William H. Largent came to the U.S. Small Business Administration from Farmington Hills , Michigan where he was President and CEO of Dibaa Group, Inc., a company providing full-service consulting and fulfillment in the CRM (customer relationship management) space, offering business process review, strategic alignment and hardware/software solutions to provide companies greater insight into customer preference, expectation and buying habits. An ever-increasing need for security in the transmission and storage of data has resulted in a new encryption technology product offering currently in use in Europe and Indonesia.

Mr. Largent’s entrepreneurial career began at the age of 21 when he started his first business, D & L Janitorial on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Reservation. He has spent 28 years leading and managing small businesses including nationally franchised organizations.

A member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Ojibwa), Mr. Largent is a Board Member of the Native American Business Alliance (NABA) and served as co-chairperson for NABA’s first three annual conventions. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Small Business Association of Michigan and is active on its Legislative Action Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors of New Detroit, is a board member of The Greater Detroit Area Health Council and was appointed to the Board of Directors, National Small Business Association, in Washington, DC in 2002.

Mr. Largent was the Corporate Committee Co-Chair for the National Summit on Emerging Tribal Economies (RES 2001) and served on the planning team for the Information Technology (IT) Track for the National Center for Economic Development Reservation Economic Summit (RES 2004).

He served as chairman of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Health Policy committee from 1996-2002. The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce is recognized as the largest chamber in the United States and members include General Motors, Ford Motor, Daimler Chrysler and numerous other Fortune 1000 companies.

Mr. Largent is married, has three grown children and resides in Farmington Hills, Michigan.