N.C. Small Business Center Network.

• Position: SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES

The N.C. Small Business Center Network, operated through the N.C. Community College System, is the largest state-supported small business assistance program, serving more than 70,000 North Carolinians each year. The 61 centers located at community colleges throughout the state are aligned with the state's eight Prosperity Zones. Potential or current business owners can take advantage of high-quality, readily accessible assistance that includes resource and referral information for a variety of business needs; free confidential one-on-one business counseling services; and high-impact seminars and classes available.

Anne Shaw, State Director

N.C. Community Colleges

910-545-3679

shawa@nccommunitycolleges.edu

Mark Hagenbuch, Deputy Director

Guilford Technical Community College

Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship

336-334-4822 x62003

mthagenbuch@gtcc.edu

WEST REGION

Jill Sparks, Regional Director

Asheville-Buncombe Technical

Community College

828-398-7949

jillmsparks@abtech.edu

NORTHWEST REGION

Suzanne Wallace, Regional Director

Catawba Valley Community College

828-327-7000 x4102

swallace@cvcc.edu

SOUTHWEST REGION

Renee Hode, Regional Director

Central Piedmont Community College

704-330-6832

renee.hode@cpcc.edu

PIEDMONT/TRIAD REGION

Martha Larson, Regional Director

Davidson County Community College

336-224-4557

mlarson@davidsonccc.edu

NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Jonathan Collins, Regional Director

Durham Technical Community College

919-335-1007

collinsj@durhamtech.edu

SANDHILLS REGION

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