Liliana Deck

Returning to the Pacific Northwest, Liliana brings her transnational leadership in the private and public sectors working with local and global organizations with an emphasis on education, social services, and health care in Colombia, United States, and beyond. She earned her doctorate at the University of San Francisco in International and Multicultural Education and her…

Joyce Oswald

Joyce has a Bachelors in International Business from San Francisco State University and a Masters in Career and Technical Education from Northern Arizona University and has worked in banking, tax accounting, technology training, business management and academia. Joyce has shown tremendous talent and dedication in providing valuable insights concerning business plans, financial statements, and proposals…

Single Handed Consulting named 2022 Washington SBDC Star Client of the Year

SPOKANE, Wash.—Single Handed Consulting, a disability management service that helps injured workers get back to work, has been named the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Star Client of the Year. Owned by siblings Katie Leneker-Hynes and Kevin Leneker, the business employs nearly 40 vocational rehabilitation counselors across the state. Kevin Leneker accepted the award…

Couple achieving balance in wellness business with SBDC coaching

NEWCASTLE, Wash. – As sole proprietors of their own businesses in 2016, Kristina and Michael Orille had saved their money for … something. To buy a house? To buy a house that included a spa business where they both could practice their vocations – hers as massage therapist and his as personal trainer? Or perhaps…

Scott Glennie

Scott C. Glennie is a Certified Business Advisor at the Spokane office of the Washington Small Business Development Center. Scott’s aim is to equip business owners with the tools to succeed. Scott began his career in public accounting and has spent the last twenty-six years as a CEO/CFO in the health care industry. He has…

Brandon Nicholas

Brandon Nicholas is the Business Advisor of Central Washington’s Grant and Adam’s county. Brandon provides confidential no-charge counseling to startups and existing businesses. Brandon started up his own costume-fabrication business that evolved into training service for others looking to make their own costumes. He has been the Executive Director of the Moses Lake Business Association…

Maria Peña

I have 25 year of experience in municipal government working in grant management, project management, budgeting, auditing, reporting, records retention and land use. Over 25 years of progressively responsible experience in public administration, with 20 years combined in finance and clerking. The last 5 years of my tenure was as the City Administrator where I…

Dacar named to SBDC Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals 

SPOKANE, Wash.­­–Stacey Dacar, marketing manager for the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC), was honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Young Professional at the national conference of SBDC programs in San Diego on Sept. 8.  The Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals award was instituted this year as a way to recognize young professionals…

Woman-led architecture firm expands with planning help from SBDC

TACOMA, Wash.—The Great Recession may have knocked the construction industry on its heels, but architectural firms didn’t escape unscathed either. Architect Jennifer Weddermann left one firm in 2008 in search of more professional challenges just before the recession hit, and then was laid off from two different firms over the next 12 months. That’s when…

Ethos West Construction, Inc., eases construction burden, builds lasting relationships

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – After working for mid-sized building contractors since the early 2000s, three longtime friends and colleagues were inspired to start a company that focused on building lasting relationships while easing the burdens that inevitably come with construction projects. Saul Whitworth, Kenny Nichol and Elke Stevens started Ethos West Construction, Inc., to extend their…

Food hall nurtures post-Covid aspirations for couple and community

PULLMAN, Wash. – DJ Goldfinger and Molly Golden have a heart for large-scale hospitality whose innovation and service attract first-time customers and then convert them into lifelong fans. The partners – in marriage and business – had worked 15 years at the popular college dance bar Stubblefields when it was forced to close in August…

New owner inks robust impression with balance of print, manager skills

SPOKANE, Wash. – Marquez Henderson’s interest in printing began in the mid-1990s when he used desktop publishing and graphic design to help produce his school newspaper. Employed later by a Business Cards Tomorrow printing franchise in Florida, he especially enjoyed the computer technology aspects and completed a software development degree while working. He also enjoyed…