Pratte tapped for SBA

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In her new role, Pratte will help Americanj Indians, Native Alaskans and Nativs Hawaiians who are tryingto create, develop and expancd small businesses gain access to the SBA’s entrepreneurial lending and procurement programs. Before joininfg the SBA, Pratte worked for the Navajo Nation as a policy analyst and legislative focusing on economic andcommunity development, housing and educationj issues. Earlier in her she was a trade specialist inthe U.S. Foreign and Commerciak Service inthe U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trads Administration, where she counseled small- and medium-sized U.S. companiesd on exporting.
After that job, she oversaw information technology projectsz forthe U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service and the Import Administration. Pratte is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nationfrom Lupton, Ariz. She holds a master’s degree from ’x H. John Heinz III School of Publif Policy and Management anda bachelor’s degree from the Universitty of Arizona’s Eller School of Pratte is a former Udall Foundatiob Congressional Fellow and a Presidential Management