From left, Lori Lieblong and Mary Beth Brooks, enterprise guide and director, respectively, of the Arkansas Small Enterprise and Expertise Improvement Middle.
Mary Beth Brooks, Lori Lieblong and Catherine Corley had been acknowledged as high performers on the Arkansas Small Enterprise and Expertise Improvement Middle statewide assembly Oct. 11 in Little Rock.
The three are a part of middle’s College of Arkansas regional workplace.
Brooks, the middle director, was named Capital Acquisition Star. She assisted shoppers with acquiring greater than $23.7 million in capital funding for the 12 months, a document for the Arkansas Small Enterprise and Expertise Improvement Middle. Brooks was additionally honored for her variety of capital funding initiatives, helping shoppers with 44 separate funded initiatives the previous 12 months.
Lieblong, a enterprise guide, made the $7 Million Membership. This was her third time in a row within the Thousands and thousands Membership, which acknowledges the greenback worth of loans and different types of capital funding that employees members assist their small enterprise shoppers acquire in a 12 months.
Corley, additionally a enterprise guide, was honored as Collaborator of the Yr, a brand new award given to a member of the ASBTDC community for excellent collaboration, a core worth of the middle.
Laura Nice, state director of the Arkansas Small Enterprise and Expertise Improvement Middle, introduced the awards.
“Congratulations to Mary Beth, Lori and Catherine for his or her excellent efficiency. They’re enthusiastic about their work and discover revolutionary and inventive methods to assist their small enterprise shoppers succeed,” mentioned Nice.
A partnership of the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration, the College of Arkansas at Little Rock Faculty of Enterprise, Well being, and Human Providers and different establishments of upper schooling, the Arkansas Small Enterprise and Expertise Improvement Middle assists new, current and technology-based companies statewide.
With places in Fayetteville and Bentonville, the middle is part of the UA Division of Financial Improvement and serves present and potential enterprise house owners in six counties. For extra info, go to sbtdc.uark.edu or name (479) 575-5148.
