Small Business Back on Track - April Business Luncheon
April's Waukee Area Chamber Business Luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 21st with check-in beginning at 11:45am at Rick's Cafe inside The Palms Theaters & IMAX. This is a great opportunity to enjoy lunch, develop business relationships with members, and hear from our guest presenter, Jayne Armstrong from the Small Business Administration! She will be sharing Iowa small business trends and SBA updates on economic recovery efforts.
Registration is $25 and space is limited.
Jayne Armstrong Bio:
As the District Director of the SBA’s Iowa District Office, Jayne Armstrong oversees SBA’s financial, business counseling, government contracting programs statewide, including a resource partner network of 15 Small Business Development Centers, three SCORE chapters, a Women’s Business Center, and a Veteran’s Business Outreach Center. Jayne joined the Iowa District Office from the SBA’s Office of Field Operations in Washington, DC. She previously served as the district director of SBA’s Virginia, Delaware and West Virginia District Offices, and as regional advocate of the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, where she supported public policy at the federal and state levels and helped to organize the White House Conference on Small Business. She also represented the SBA in
Russia during the first formal exchange between U.S. and Russian entrepreneurs.
Prior to her SBA career, Armstrong worked in the advertising, economic development, and higher education development fields. A native of Pittsburgh, she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Virginia University (WVU), where she served as student body president. Armstrong was recently honored by the Delaware Small Business Chamber of Commerce with its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award and was previously recognized on the floor of the U.S. Senate with the “Great Federal Employee Award.” She is the recipient of the Risk Management Association’s Businesswoman of the Year Award in Virginia, Delaware Today’s Women in Business Award, the New Castle County (DE) Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Advocate of the Year Award, and the Delaware YWCA’s Woman of Power, Style, and Brilliance Award.
She has been honored on four occasions as Advocate of the Year by National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) chapters in Iowa, Delaware, and Virginia, as well as the Iowa NAWBO She-Ro Award this year. She also was recognized by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) with its Excellence in Communications Award, Girls Inc., of Delaware as its Volunteer of the Year and The State Journal as one of “The 55 Best Things About West Virginia.” She has been appointed to several boards and commissions by three different Governors in West Virginia and Delaware. She is particularly proud of the SBA Iowa District Office receiving the West Des Moines Chamber’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2021.
Armstrong has served on the boards of a wide variety of non-profits and business organizations throughout her career, with a strong focus on the empowerment of women and girls, college recruiting, student mentoring and economic literacy. She has been an active member of Rotary for over 33 years and the National Association of Women Business Owners for 26 years. In her spare time Armstrong is an avid West Virginia Mountaineer sports fan and enjoys traveling the world fulfilling bucket lists.
Registration is $25 and space is limited.
Jayne Armstrong Bio:
As the District Director of the SBA’s Iowa District Office, Jayne Armstrong oversees SBA’s financial, business counseling, government contracting programs statewide, including a resource partner network of 15 Small Business Development Centers, three SCORE chapters, a Women’s Business Center, and a Veteran’s Business Outreach Center. Jayne joined the Iowa District Office from the SBA’s Office of Field Operations in Washington, DC. She previously served as the district director of SBA’s Virginia, Delaware and West Virginia District Offices, and as regional advocate of the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, where she supported public policy at the federal and state levels and helped to organize the White House Conference on Small Business. She also represented the SBA in
Russia during the first formal exchange between U.S. and Russian entrepreneurs.
Prior to her SBA career, Armstrong worked in the advertising, economic development, and higher education development fields. A native of Pittsburgh, she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Virginia University (WVU), where she served as student body president. Armstrong was recently honored by the Delaware Small Business Chamber of Commerce with its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award and was previously recognized on the floor of the U.S. Senate with the “Great Federal Employee Award.” She is the recipient of the Risk Management Association’s Businesswoman of the Year Award in Virginia, Delaware Today’s Women in Business Award, the New Castle County (DE) Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Advocate of the Year Award, and the Delaware YWCA’s Woman of Power, Style, and Brilliance Award.
She has been honored on four occasions as Advocate of the Year by National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) chapters in Iowa, Delaware, and Virginia, as well as the Iowa NAWBO She-Ro Award this year. She also was recognized by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) with its Excellence in Communications Award, Girls Inc., of Delaware as its Volunteer of the Year and The State Journal as one of “The 55 Best Things About West Virginia.” She has been appointed to several boards and commissions by three different Governors in West Virginia and Delaware. She is particularly proud of the SBA Iowa District Office receiving the West Des Moines Chamber’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2021.
Armstrong has served on the boards of a wide variety of non-profits and business organizations throughout her career, with a strong focus on the empowerment of women and girls, college recruiting, student mentoring and economic literacy. She has been an active member of Rotary for over 33 years and the National Association of Women Business Owners for 26 years. In her spare time Armstrong is an avid West Virginia Mountaineer sports fan and enjoys traveling the world fulfilling bucket lists.
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Date and Time
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Registration: 11:45am
Luncheon: Noon-1:00pm
Location
Rick's Cafe inside The Palms Theaters & IMAX
200 NE Westgate Dr, Waukee, IA 50263
Fees/Admission
$25
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