Welcome Remarks by Administrator Steve Preston


The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce the next National Small Business Week May 18-22, 2009.

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Michael J. Connelly

Michael J. Connelly

Chief Executive Officer

Mosaica Education

Mr. Connelly joined Mosaica in 1998 from Lepercq Capital Management, a private investment firm, where he had been President and Managing General Partner since 1987. He was Executive Vice President of Foster Management Company, a private equity firm, from 1982 to 1987, and a partner at Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, a New York-based law firm, before that. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Connelly was a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Children’s Discovery Centers of America, where he worked with Dawn and Gene Eidelman, the founders of Mosaica.

Mr. Connelly received a JD degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1975 and a BA in Mathematics from Michigan State University in 1971. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia University School of Law, President of the Board of Dance Theater Workshop, Vice Chairman of the National Council of Education Providers, President Emeritus of New York Venture Capital Forum, and a member of the Education Industry Leadership Board. For his work with Dance Theater Workshop, the Arts & Business Council awarded him the Encore Award as the Business Volunteer of the Year in 2001.

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Financial Forum: “Investing in the Future: Financing Inner City Businesses”

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This event is designed to serve as dialogue between the SBA and those in interested in community investment, moderated by ICIC.

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