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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SBDCs THAT HAVE REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2009 CHALLENGE
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Participating Small Business Development Centers
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Maricopa SBDC, Phoenix, AZ
The Maricopa SBDC provides services and support to small businesses in Maricopa County. Contact: Susan Lentz Ph: 480-784-0596
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Northland Pioneer College SBDC, Show Low, AZ
Northland Pioneer College's Small Business Development Center serves Navajo and Apache counties in Show Low, Arizona. Contact: Gene Libbey Ph: 928-368-3181
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Yuba College SBDC, Yuba City, CA
Yuba College SBDC services Coulusa, Lake, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba Counties in the Northeastern California area. Contact: Kenneth Freeman Ph: 530-822-0140
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Women's Business Center at Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL
The Women's Business Center (WBC) provides training, counseling, mentoring and technical assistance targeting women entrepreneurs and women-owned small businesses in Brevard, Indian River, and St. Lucie counties. Contact: Donn Miller-Kermani Ph: 321-674-7006
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Pacific Islands SBDC Network, Mangilao, GU
Pacific Islands SBDC Network (PISBDCN) supports three sovereign nations, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and Guam. Contact: Casey Jeszenka Ph: 671-735-2590
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Hawaii SBDC Network, Hilo, HI
A Program of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Nework Services small business owners in the Hawaiian Islands. Contact: Constance Cate Ph: 808-933-0776
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Illinois SBDC at College of Lake Co., Grayslake, IL
The College of Lake County's Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) assists in assessing the viability and developing business ventures within the Lake County are of Illinois. Contact: Jan Bauer Ph: 847-543-2033
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McHenry County College SBDC, McHenry, IL
The Illinois Small Business Development Center at McHenry County College services start-up or existing businesses in McHenry County that employ up to 500 people. Contact: Mary Margaret Maule Ph:815-455-6098
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Illinois SBDC Lead Center, Springfield, IL
The Illinois SBDC Lead Center coordinates SBDC activities throughout the state of Illinois by assisting SBDCs in providing services to new and existing small businesses. Contact: Mark Petrilli Ph: 217-524-5700
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Eastern Iowa SBDC, Davenport, IA
The Eastern Iowa SBDC provides small business support and training in Eastern Iowa. Contact: Ann Hutchinson Ph: 563-336-3403
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ESU/Pittsburg State University ACC Outreach, Iola, KS
The Kansas Small Business Development Center Business & Technology Institute provides entrepreneurs and small business owners in the surrounding counties business counseling services through Pittsburg State University. Contact: Tom Byler Ph: 620-365-5116 x304
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Barton County SBTDC, Lamar, MO
University of Missouri Barton County Extension in Lamar provides small business counseling and other services to the Southwestern Missouri community. Contact: Kathy Macomber Ph: 417-682-3579
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Anoka-Ramsey College SBDC, Coon Rapids, MN
The SBBC at Anoka-Ramsey Community College has been a leading provider of higher education, training and adult education in the north suburban area of Minneapolis/St. Paul and East Central Minnesota. Contact: Craig Bakken Ph: 763-576-9319
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Itasca Economic Dev. Corp, Grand Rapids, MN
The Itasca Economic Developent Corporation offers a variety of planning, assessment and training servicesis to small business owners located in the heart of north central Minnesota. Contact: Jane Bymark Ph: 218-326-9411
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San Juan College SBDC, Farmington, NM
The San Juan College SBDC services small businesses in San Juan County New Mexico. Contact: Carmen Martinez Ph: 505-566-3533
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SBDC-Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ
The Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College provides small business consulting services in the Raritan Valley area. Contact: Larry Jenkins Ph: 908-526-1200 x8515
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Urban League SBDC, Cleveland, OH
The Urban League of Greater Cleveland was founded in 1917 as an interracial organization made up of black leaders and prominent whites. The main goal of the organization was to provide assistance in the areas of housing, employment, health and education for those new to the Cleveland community. Today, the Urban League of Greater Cleveland continues its tradition of working to make life better and more productive for minorities. Contact: Stacey Banks Houston Ph: 216-812-3161 x237
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Ohio SBDC/Ohio Dept. of Dev., Columbus, OH
The SBDCs of Ohio programs foster a strong climate for small business growth through a statewide integrated system of small business service, advocacy and awareness, and more than 40 partnerships with chambers of commerce, colleges and universities, economic development organizations and Edison Centers. Contact: Susan Foltz Ph: 614-752-2587
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Johnson and Wales Univ. SBDC, Middletown, RI
The Johnson and Wales University’s Rhode Island s strategically linked to every business development program in the State of RI through the Every Company Counts initiative. Contact: Stacey Carter Ph: 401-263-5131
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Tennessee SBDC Dyersburg College, Dyersburg, TN
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) offers free assistance to help business owners grow and develop successful, thriving businesses. They have 12 full service centers and 2 satellite offices across the state of Tennessee, along with several smaller affiliate offices, ready to serve the small business community. Contact: James Frakes Ph: 731-286-3201
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Tennessee SBDC, Memphis, TN
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) offers free assistance to help business owners grow and develop successful, thriving businesses. They have 12 full service centers and 2 satellite offices across the state of Tennessee, along with several smaller affiliate offices, ready to serve the small business community. Contact: David Doyle Ph: 901-333-5085
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Tarrant County College SBDC, Forth Worth, TX
The Tarrant County College (TCC) Small Business Development Center provides training and counseling to small business owners in the North Texas area. Contact: Myron Pullum Ph: 817-313-7178
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Roanoke Regional SBDC, Roanoke, VA
Roanoke Regional Small Business Development Center serves clients throughout the region including the counties of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig and Roanoke, the Town of Vinton, as well as the cities of Roanoke, Salem, Covington, and Clifton Forge. Contact: Tom Tanner Ph: 540-983-0717
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Longwood SBDC, Danville, VA
The Longwood SBDC serves twenty counties and six independent cities in South-Central Virginia. Longwood operates 5 SBDC office locations throughout Southside Virginia: Farmville, South Boston, Martinsville, Petersburg, and Danville. Contact: Diane Arnold Ph: 434-791-7321
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West Virginia SBDC, Charleston, WV
Contact: M.E. Yancosek Gamble Ph: 304-957-2087
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University of Wisconsin-Parkside SBDC, Sturtevant, WI
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside's SBDC annually assists more than 1,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs of Racine and Kenosha Counties helping small businesses to function more effectively and profitability. Contact: Deneine Powell Ph: 262-898-7414
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