Export Finance Managers

SBA staff contacts in U.S. Export Assistance Centers

SBA works directly with small business exporters through U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEACs), which are co-located with the  Department of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Contact an Export Finance Manager in your region for assistance with securing capital to meet your exporting needs.  For help with other exporting issues, please contact a USEAC location near you.

Northern region

Export Finance Director, North
Patrick Hayes
216-287-2736
patrick.hayes@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse
201 Superior Avenue East, Suite 130
Cleveland, OH 44114

Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia

William Houck
202-557-4063
william.houck@sba.gov

Northern Virginia Export Assistance Center
1501 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1225
Arlington, VA 22209

Wisconsin, Illinois

Gayle Roenbaugh
202-941-8085
gayle.roenbaugh@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
233 North Michigan Ave., Suite 260
Chicago, IL 60601

Michigan, Indiana, Northern Ohio

Romualdo “Romy” Ancog
202-765-9469
romualdo.ancog@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
440 Burroughs St., Suite 390
Detroit, MI 48202

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Joseph Raycraft
860-573-9150
joseph.raycraft@sba.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration
280 Trumbull Street, 2nd Floor
Hartford, CT 06103

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

Carlos Sosa
504-377-5086
carlos.sosa@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
330 2nd Avenue South, Suite 430
Minneapolis, MN 55401

New York, New Jersey

Eduard Ekel
646- 725-0953
Eduard.ekel@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
290 Broadway, Room 1312
New York, NY 10007

Pennsylvania, Delaware, Southern Ohio

Edward Schick
202-941-1191
edward.schick@sba.gov
U.S. Export Assistance Center
1000 Liberty Avenue, Suite 897
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Southeastern region

Export Finance Director, South
Vacant, contact Northern Region Director Patrick Hayes

Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee

David Leonard
404-242-6373
david.leonard@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
230 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1725
Atlanta, GA 30303

North Carolina, South Carolina

Daniel W. Holt
704-763-7667
daniel.holt@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
1001 Morehead Square Drive, Suite 330
Charlotte, NC 28203

Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma

Jeremy Foreman
202-868-0461
Jeremy.Foreman@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
1919 Smith Street, Ste. 10087
Houston, TX 77002

Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi

Reginald Harley
202-906-0217
reginald.harley@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
423 Canal Street, Suite 419
New Orleans, LA 70130

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa

Ian A. Lorenzana
202-236-6062
Ian.Lorenzana@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
1100 Corporate Square Drive
St. Louis, MO 63132

Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Sandro Murtas
727-464-7177
sandro.murtas@sba.gov

Hernan M. Mayol
561-886-7416
hernan.mayol@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
5835 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 203
Miami, FL 33126

Western region

Export Finance Director, West
Vacant, contact Northern Region Director Patrick Hayes

Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming

Patty Brewer
720-556-4664
patricia.brewer@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
999 18th Street, Suite 725
North Tower
Denver, CO 80202

Arizona, California (San Diego SBA District), Nevada(South)

Martin Selander
562-754-7940
martin.selander@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
2601 Main Street, 5th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614

California (Los Angeles & Orange County/Inland Empire SBA Districts)

Pellson Lau
213-842-5781
pellson.lau@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
444 South Flower Street, 37th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071

Nevada (north), Oregon (Portland SBA District, incl. SW Washington), Idaho (Boise SBA District), Hawaii/Guam

James Newton
503-367-6936
james.newton@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 242
Portland, OR 97204

Alaska, Washington and Northern Idaho (Seattle SBA District and Spokane Branch Office)

John F. Brislin
206-584-3486
john.brislin@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
2001 Sixth Avenue, Suite 2600
Seattle, WA 98121

California (San Francisco, Sacramento, & Fresno SBA Districts)

Michael Fazio
415-601-9708
michael.fazio@sba.gov

U.S. Export Assistance Center
75 Hawthorne Street, Suite 2500
San Francisco, CA 94105