SBA representation in Havana

Maria Contreras-Sweet visited Cuba this week. Her agenda included a visit to the Special zone of Development Mariel and different meetings with the Ministries of Foreign Investment and Employment, among others. She is hosting the 7th  annual global entrepreneurship summit

Maria Contreras-Sweet was sworn in as the 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and as a member of President Obama’s cabinet on April 7, 2014.  She was part of the delegation joining President Obama in his historical visit to Cuba in March 2016.

“The SBA is charged with supporting America’s 28 million small businesses, which create a majority of U.S. jobs and employ half of our nation’s private-sector workforce.  The Agency oversees the world’s largest seed fund and the largest middle market fund of funds, as well as a $120 billion loan portfolio.  It also directs the world’s largest business counseling network and one-quarter of the federal procurement activity to small businesses.“