Elizabeth Arteaga
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

As assistant director, Elizabeth Arteaga manages the marketing, outreach, and training programs of the Orange County Small Business Development Center (SBDC). She develops and implements marketing strategies to promote the Center’s services; oversees the entrepreneurial training programs; and coordinates special projects associated with Orange County SBDC partnerships.

Prior to joining Orange County SBDC in 2009, Elizabeth served as the Director of the National Hispanic Business Women Association (NHBWA) for two years where she was responsible for managing the day –to-day operations of the Association, securing and coordinating ongoing and growing opportunities for grants and sponsorships, maintaining accurate records for revenue and expense reports, supervising, training and evaluating staff, including consulting contracts. She also led the outreach and education programs of NHBWA to the business and general community, developed and distributed all marketing, promotional materials and publications, oversaw media relations, advertising and website postings, and coordinated business seminars, training sessions and annual events.

Elizabeth began her career in the Social Science Research Center at CSUF, where she was a Project Assistant Manager and focused on preparation of the center budget, annual reports and research management, participation in the hiring, training and management of personnel, administering a $650,000 budget for the center, maintaining daily income/expense activities, compiling industry profiles with occupational trends, conducting the OC Labor Market for 2001-2003, enforcing rules and regulations to ensure quality of projects, aiding in the preparation of final reports for studies conducted, translating documents in Spanish, developing and implementing goals and objectives, and negotiating various types of contracts.

She joined Rancho Santiago Community College District in 2004 and served in multiple economic development programs of the district such as the Center for International Trade Development, Workplace Learning Resource Center, the Small Business Development Center and the Digital Media Center.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Spanish from California State University Fullerton (CSUF), and a her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Redlands is in progress with graduation anticipated in 2011.