About this event
Join the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Majority staff, Therese Meers and Jacob Press, and Small Business Majority for a free webinar outlining the small business provisions in the current iteration of the stimulus relief package. With key programs expiring at the end of March, Congress is moving quickly to allocate more funding to support the smallest of businesses, including launching new programs and grants. Don't miss your chance to learn more about these programs and participate in a Q&A session with Therese and Jacob.
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Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners to ensure America's entrepreneurs are a key part of a thriving and inclusive economy.
Therese Meers serves as Senior Counsel for the Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee for Chair Ben Cardin of Maryland. In her role, she advises on SBA’s small business federal contracting programs for HUBZones, women-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned businesses, as well as innovation programs (SBIR/STTR) and cyber security. Throughout COVID relief, she has worked on various aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). She holds a BA from Duke University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Jacob Press serves as Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, where he is the policy lead for SBA disaster programs (including the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program), targeted emergency grants, and regulatory policy. He has been with the committee since 2019. Previously, he worked on the Senate Appropriations Committee and before that as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
John Arensmeyer has used his long experience as a business owner to build Small Business Majority into a nationally recognized small business organization and the leading advocate for critical public policy issues facing America’s entrepreneurs—particularly access to capital, healthcare, taxes, retirement/asset building and numerous workforce issues. The organization is focused on empowering America's entrepreneurs to build a thriving and inclusive economy.
