Biden Cabinet Member to Visit Dallas to Highlight Black-Owned Small Business Boom

SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman will visit a Black woman-owned business, tour an SBA disaster loan processing center

January 29, 2024 – WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Jan. 30, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, will travel to Dallas, Texas, to highlight the Small Business Boom under the Biden-Harris Administration and the historic growth in Black entrepreneurship in states across America.

Administrator Guzman will first tour a Fort Worth SBA Loan Processing Center, where she will meet with field staff who help the agency process disaster recovery loans for small businesses and the communities they serve. Then, the Administrator will travel to a nearby Black woman-owned small business where, ahead of Black History Month, she will meet with the business owner to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s Black-owned Small Business Boom. Following her meeting with the business owner and tour of the facility, Administrator Guzman will travel to the Dallas Mavericks Corporate Headquarters for an event with the Small Business Digital Alliance (SBDA), ZenBusiness, and Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce to discuss the future of diverse entrepreneurship in America.

The SBA Loan Processing Center tour and SBDA ZenBusiness event are closed press. The Black woman-owned small business tour will be open to members of the media who RSVP to [email protected].

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