Small Business Finance Institute Names New Board Of Directors

Online, October 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Charles H. Green, Executive Director of Atlanta-based Small Business Finance Institute, recently announced the organization's expanded and newly elected Board of Directors. The list includes several seasoned financing professionals from across the country, including:

Phoenix AZ banker Neil Barna, Executive Vice President, Biltmore Bank

Atlanta GA executive Michael Blake, Director of Valuation, Habif Arogeti & Wynne, CPAs

La Canada CA publisher Bob Coleman, Publisher, The Coleman Report

Dallas TX banker Greg Dunn, Vice President, Greater Texas Capital Corporation

Chicago IL banker Rhonda Marin, Vice President at Capital Source

Atlanta GA micro advocate Patricia Williams, Executive Director, GA Micro Enterprise Network

Charlotte NC commercial lender Barry Yelton, Vice President, TAB Bank

"We have taken our first step toward national expansion by recruiting a board with a footprint from coast to coast, from California to North Carolina," said Green. "These financial professionals will empower the Institute to build on its early successes and begin connecting with small business owners and entrepreneurs nationwide."

He continued, "This group of experienced finance practitioners, who are passionate about SBFI's mission and the audience of business owners and entrepreneurs we serve, are emblematic of the change we are working to bring to entrepreneurship. As a socially-responsible business, we will empower small businesses to become more successful while creating better, more successful and strategic clients for the financial industry."

The organization has recently launched a 2-day workshop called [url: http://www.sbfi.org/financial-boot-camp/]FINANCIAL B%T CAMP[/url] that teaches small business owners how to "connect the dots between their accountant and banker." Additionally they announced the date for the 2012 "Stepping Up To Business" Conference will be February 29 at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta.

The Small Business Finance Institute is a non-profit business education enterprise founded by Green in 2010 with the mission to teach [url: http://www.sbfi.org/advice-on-loan/]small business owners[/url] to effectively manage the money they have and find the funding they need.

For more information please visit www.SBFI.org.