New director for business center

The Ventura County Small Business Development Center appointed Becki Walker as the organization’s new executive director.

“Becki is a problem solver and strategic team builder whose experience leading a wide range of companies will be invaluable to growing the SDBC and providing business solutions to clients,” said Kay Faulconer Boger, dean of business economic and resource development at Ventura College.

Most recently, Walker served as the interim director for the Silicon Valley SBDC, and previously coordinated training and outreach at Sierra College SBDC and managed the counseling and training services for the program in the west side of Los Angeles.

“I’ve had the opportunity to work with three successful SBDCs and look forward to using what I learned with Sierra

College SBDC, the Westside and Silicon Valley organizations, to take the Ventura and Santa Barbara counties’ SBDC to the next level,” Walker said.

For more information about SBDC offerings, call Sara Cannon at (805) 648-8925, or e-mail scannon@vcccd.net.