Ashley Bell SBA Region IV Administrator and Dr. Bruce Berger Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development on Georgia Business Radio

Ashley Bell
SBA Regional Administrator

Ashley D. Bell was recently appointed by the White House to serve as Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration for Region IV, serving Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri. As a small business owner and entrepreneur himself from the young age of 23, Mr. Bell is committed to the SBAs mission to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Bell served as Associate Director for External Affairs for the U.S. Peace Corps and Special Assistant in the Public Affairs Bureau of the United States Department of State. During the Trump Pence Transition, he served as Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs Lead on the Landing Team at the State Department.

Mr. Bell is also a celebrated attorney, having founded the successful law firm of Bell & Washington in 2005. He is the founder of the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, an organization dedicated to criminal justice reform. He's been named one of America's top 40 attorneys under 40 by the American Bar Association, a National Impact Leader of the Year by IMPACT DC, and was a 21st Century Leadership Fellow at the Harvard University JFK School of Government.
Topics to Discuss
Introduce the new SBA Regional Administrator to the community

Web Site / Social Media Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ ashley-d-bell-5844631

www.sba.gov

@SBASoutheast


Dr. Bruce Berger
Associate Professor and Director Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development
Clark Atlanta University

Topics to Discuss
Small business and entrepreneurship

Web Site / Social Media Links
http://www.cau.edu/school-of-business/faculty-and-staff.html

 
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