SCORE Eastern CT News Release
For Immediate Release
August 27, 2024 Webinar Contact: Anne Driscoll, anne.driscoll@scorevolunteer.org
Free Webinar Panel on “Small Business Loans: Issues and Options” Presented by SCORE Eastern CT
DATE: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
TIME: 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST
LOCATION: Live on Zoom
REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE: REGISTER NOW
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the webinar.
The Eastern CT chapter of SCORE (https://www.score.org/easternct), Mentors to America’s Small Businesses, will present a free Small Business webinar and Q/A session, Small Business Loans: Issues and Options, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 12:00-1:30 PM EDT. The presentation will feature a panel of lending professionals from a cross-section of small business lenders, with Frank LaMonaca of SCORE Eastern CT moderating.
The panel will include Frederick Welk, Director of Business Education & Communications at the Community Economic Development Fund (CEDF); Louis Silva, President & CEO at Community Investment Corporation (CIC) Lending; Joseph F. DeMayo, Vice President and Business Banking Officer at Liberty Bank, and Tanisha Baptiste, Economic Development Specialist and Veterans Business Development Officer at the Connecticut District Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Each panel member will briefly discuss their institution and specialty, then LaMonaca will ask prepared questions, after which there will be an extensive Question and Answer period to address the questions of the webinar attendees. LaMonaca, a Certified SCORE Mentor and former Chapter Chair of SCORE Eastern CT, is a retired executive with 38 years of experience in banking and financial services.
About SCORE: SCORE® is a nonprofit association that offers free and confidential advice on starting your own business or improving and growing your existing small business. Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 11 million current and aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE’s 10,000 volunteer business experts provide hundreds of thousands of free small business mentoring sessions, workshops, and educational services to clients in 300 chapters nationwide. In 2022, SCORE volunteers shared 4.65 million hours of expertise and advice with their clients, helping people start over 30,000 new businesses, and creating over 82,000 additional non-owner jobs. With 50+ workshops/webinars and special events each year, and advances in remote mentoring tools, SCORE Eastern CT helps small businesses across Southeastern and Northeastern CT. For more information on upcoming free workshops and how to schedule a free small business mentoring session with our counselors, visit https://www.score.org/easternct.
### SCORE Eastern CT: PO Box 283, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 Email: ch.admin0579@scorevolunteer.org Website: https://www.score.org/easternct
