SBA Fills Key Posts

The Small Business Administration has filled some high-level positions. The agency announced today that Art Collins has taken over as director of government contracting in the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, and Grady Hedgespeth is the new director of financial assistance in the Office of Capital Access. Collins has held several high-level positions at SBA since 1993. Hedgespeth, former secretary of economic affairs in Massachusetts, most recently served as chief financial officer at the Structured Employment and Economic Development Co.