Pratte tapped for SBA

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In her new role, Pratte will help Americabn Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiiane who are trying to develop and expand small businesses gain accesx tothe SBA’s entrepreneurial development, lendingg and procurement programs. Before joinintg the SBA, Pratte worked for the Navajoi Nation as a policy analysf andlegislative liaison, focusing on economif and community development, housing and education issues. Earliert in her career, she was a trade specialist inthe U.S. Foreigb and Commercial Service inthe U.S. Departmengt of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, where she counseleed small- and medium-sized U.S. companies on exporting.
After that job, she oversaw information technology projects forthe U.S. Foreign and Commerciakl Service and the Import Pratte is an enrolled member of the Navajop Nationfrom Lupton, Ariz. She holds a master’s degree from ’s H. John Heinaz III School of Public Policy and Managemengt anda bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona’a Eller School of Business. Pratte is a formeer Udall Foundation Congressional Fellow and a PresidentialManagement