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SBA names new administrator for 4 Midwest states

Posted January 22, 2011 10:00 pm

Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Small Business Administration has named a new regional administrator for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

The SBA says Patricia Brown-Dixon is taking leadership role for Region VII.

A news release from the SBA says Brown-Dixon has worked for the U.S. General Services Administration for more than 25 years. She's currently director of the Heartland Office of Small Business Utilization. She manages agency efforts to support small businesses in the region.

Brown-Dixon has a bachelor's in business and education from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., and a master's in business administration from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo.

The SBA has district offices in Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo.; Omaha, Neb.; and Wichita, Kan.

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