Global Expansion Webinar: Export programs and resources for small businesses

Join us for an overview of export assistance resources in Utah and the basics of export finance. We will share valuable information that will help you craft your own export business plan and connect to the marketing, business planning, and data resources you need to grow you company’s export sales.

This webinar is made possible through a collaboration of the SBA, Women's Business Center and SCORE.

This free webinar will cover:
Basics of export finance
Federal loan guarantee programs for exporters
Export credit insurance
Letters of credit

About the Presenters:

Bryson Patterson, Regional Trade Finance Specialist, SBA

Bryson Patterson is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Regional Trade Finance Specialist. He helps small business and lenders in the Rocky Mountain Region to access SBA’s export finance programs and provides counseling and training on trade finance topics. Patterson underwrites SBA Export Working Capital lines of credit. He holds a master’s degree from the University of California, San Diego. Patterson enjoys fishing with his wife and four children.

Breanne White, Presidential Management Fellow, SBA

Breanne White joined the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in Washington, DC in September 2015 as a Presidential Management Fellow. She is currently stationed at the Utah District Office in Salt Lake City. Previously, she worked in SBA’s Office of International Trade in Washington, DC, where she coordinated with intergovernmental and private sector partners, as well as foreign government officials, on matters of small business international trade policy.

Prior to joining the SBA, Ms. White was a training strategy consultant at Grant Thornton, LLP, managing the training development strategy and program implementation for internally developed training programs in accounting, auditing, change management, and human capital consulting. She has also managed foreign language curriculum development projects for use in university and government language training centers, including the development of Arabic, Somali, and Chinese training resources; worked as a program analyst for an interreligious dialogue group in Jerusalem; and served as a full-time Chinese-language volunteer in Taiwan. 

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