About Us
The Southeast Regional Office is an advising center of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network and it is part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Utilizing the resources of the University of Massachusetts system makes the MSBDC an excellent source of reference for the region's business community.
The MSBDC's Southeast Regional Office was created in 1982 to pool resources of federal, state and local government, academic institutions, and the private sector to provide small businesses with management and educational programs. The office serves all of southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, along with the Greater Boston area.
Our mission is accomplished through our staff which
includes business advisors Jill Beresford
[bio], Nancy Lowd [bio],
Clifford Robbins [bio],
along with outside consultant Lawrence Nannis [bio], all of whom have a broad range of business knowledge. In addition,
each specializes in certain areas of expertise such as: business and financial plan development, marketing and sales
advising, financial analysis
and business
retention. We also offer
training seminars and assistance to companies seeking unconventional
financing. Our client services coordinator
is Anne Fenton
Additionally, our office works with the MSBDC Government Sales Program and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) advisor Daniel Lilly [bio].
Our team based approach allows the business advisors to coordinate and combine their skills and abilities to fulfill the client's needs. Free and confidential business advisory services are available to either preventure or existing businesses.
To receive free
and confidential business assistance,
please
complete our online
Request for Advising with the button below.
Click
here to learn more about our services by listening
to an audio interview from the "Voice of Business" on WSAR 1480AM
(30 minutes)
Southeast Regional Office staff receiving
award at the May 2018 SBA Awards Luncheon
(click on photo to enlarge)
Left to right: Alison Moriarty, Jill Beresford, Anne Fenton,
Nancy Lowd, Wendell Davis (SBA Regional Administrator for Region I),
Melinda Ailes, Karyn Polito (Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts),
Cliff Robbins, Bob Nelson (SBA Massachusetts District Director)