Head of U.S. SBA Office of International Trade Announces Dedication of SLCC-SBDC Global Trade Center
David Glaccum, U.S Small Business
Administration (SBA) Associate Administrator for the Office of International
Trade, will visit Utah to announce the opening of the Salt Lake Community
College-Utah Small Business Development Center Network Global Trade Center. The
event will be held Monday, June 9, at 9 a.m. at the Miller Conference Center
Salt Lake Community College in Sandy, Utah. The public is welcome to attend.
Previous to his appointment to the SBA in
February, Glaccum served as the Chief of Staff for the former U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations, Nikki Haley. This one-hour event will feature remarks by
Glaccum, SLCC President Deneece G. Huftalin, World Trade Center Utah President
Miles Hansen, and representatives from the offices of Senator Mike Lee and
Senator Mitt Romney.
“We are honored to have Mr. Glaccum visit
our campus and announce the dedication of the SBDC Global Trade Center,” said
Beth Colosimo, executive director of the Miller Business Resource Center. “His
presence highlights the importance of assisting Utah’s small businesses to
expand globally and the importance of providing resources like the SLCC-SBDC
Global Trade Center.”
The Global Trade Center joins forces with
the existing SLCC Global Business Center that began in 2007. The consolidation
and combination of both programs will advance trade services for small
businesses and continue the legacy of premier support for international
training and education.
“The Global Trade Center will provide
important synergies for both programs, becoming a more important cog in the
international trade assistance ecosystem in Utah,” says Mike Finnerty, State
Director of the Utah SBDC Network. “This will encourage more small businesses
throughout the state to expand globally.”
Utah exported $11.6 billion in goods in
2017 according to the Department of Commerce. Small businesses accounted for 49
percent of that total. Utah is home to 2,917 small business that export,
representing 84 percent of all export firms. “The significance of small
businesses to our country’s economic prosperity cannot be overestimated,” said
Glaccum. “There is a tremendous
opportunity for small firms in international markets. We just need to help them
get there.”