Download Interview with SBA District Director Adalberto Quijada (mp3)

J. Adalberto Quijada, a former FBLA-PBL member, is the District Director of the Santa Ana District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration with service responsibility for the counties of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino in Southern California. As District Director, Mr. Quijada is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs and services to approximately 6 million people in the tri-county area, which covers over 28,000 square miles. Small businesses in the geographic area comprise in excess of 600,000, representing 16% of the total California business population. Quijada is also responsible for the management and oversight of SBA Resource Partners including four Women’s Business Centers, three SCORE chapters and a Regional Lead Center with a network of three Small Business Development Centers and three satellite locations.

Before coming to SBA, he led the marketing department of the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles and held an executive position as a member of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs promoting programs related to NAFTA and other programs of bilateral interest.

Mr. Quijada holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, respectively.

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