In addition to regional operations and programming oversight, Ann Johnson-Stromberg stands in as Interim Center Director for Norcal SBDC locations in transition. Ann also oversees California SBDC Summer Internship Program which has placed more than 120 Humboldt State University students in Small Business Development Centers since 2009. Ann has a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Humboldt State University with an emphasis in News-Editorial.
In between two different stints as a daily news reporter and editor, Ann owned a retail scrapbook business in Eureka, California. She has also owned and operated her own Public Relations consulting business and worked in a variety of capacities in economic development, most notably with the Norcal SBDC Regional Network. For the Norcal SBDC Ann is responsible for training all new SBDC advisors and directors for the 36-county Northern California territory.
Ann served as a member of the America’s SBDC Conference Committee from 2014-2019 and is a past member of the America’s SBDC marketing committee where she assisted in the roll out of the national branding efforts.
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Centralized Intake: Eliminate redundancy and optimize for economic impacts