The IQ Brew: Nancy N. Alvarez, U.S. Small Business Administration
Registration: https://www.meetup.com/RichardsonIQ/events/280212770/
IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL EVENT
The IQ Brew is a networking and educational series featuring short presentations from entrepreneurs, small businesses, and subject-matter experts. The goal of The IQ Brew is to share lessons learned and to have the Richardson business community hear about the successes and challenges faced while starting and growing a business. Come join us for coffee and conversation every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month!
On Thursday, October 14, the IQ® will host Nancy Alverez with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Nancy is the Head of the 8(a) Business Development Program and the Women Business Representative for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Dallas/Fort Worth District Office. She is a champion for women and disadvantage businesses in the federal marketplace; playing an important role in increasing participation of small businesses in Federal Contracting Programs and advocating strongly for the inclusion and participation of small businesses in government procurement.
Thank you to our venue host, The Drawing Board!
Agenda
8:30am – Coffee & Networking
9:00am – Opening Remarks
9:05am – Introductions
9:15am – IQ Speaker
9:45am – Q&A
Joining us online? Below is the Zoom link for the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86807935397?pwd=ZDF1aE8wOUlveXhKUFE5ZEFNd2FEZz09
Meeting ID: 868 0793 5397
Passcode: 521823
About Nancy Alvarez
Since 2011, Nancy N. Alvarez has served as the Head of the 8(a) Business Development Program and the Women Business Representative for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Dallas/Fort Worth District Office. She is instrumental in providing leadership, management, and oversight to optimize the deployment of SBA’s Federal Contracting programs to the small business communities within a 72-county geographical area in North Texas in Spanish and English.
She is a champion for women and disadvantage businesses in the federal marketplace; playing an important role in increasing participation of small businesses in Federal Contracting Programs and advocating strongly for the inclusion and participation of small businesses in government procurement.
Nancy graduated from Jacksonville University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude). She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She served on the Board of the City of Jacksonville, the Mayor’s Hispanic American Advisory Board, the Mayor’s Small & Emerging Business Advisory Council, and as an advisory board member in the Beaver Street Enterprise Center, City of Jacksonville’s first business incubator.
Nancy is currently an advisory board member of the Dallas/Fort Worth Federal Agency Small Business Advocacy Council (FASBAC), a small business professional’s forum where federal agencies share, gather, and create ideas that promote small businesses’ interest and participation in the federal marketplace.
