Noah leads Veteran Program, with responsibilities for new loans to Veteran-owned businesses, business support services, strategic planning, and partnership development. Prior to joining the organization, Noah was the Director of the Veterans Business Outreach Center serving the Western U.S. (AZ, CA, HI, NV, and Guam) as part of the SBA’s Veteran Business Outreach Center program providing comprehensive small business development support to veterans starting and operating existing businesses.  Noah is a multi-lingual (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian) professional and U.S. Army Veteran with a career reflecting over 20 years of training, management, leadership, operations, and consulting experience in a range of industries including: training, business development, risk management/loss prevention, logistics, education and non-profit. Noah holds a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and a M.A. in Organization Management & Development from Fielding Graduate University with a concentration in sustainability leadership.