Alfred Titone, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, New Jersey District Office
Alfred Titone
District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, New Jersey District Office
Alfred Titone was named District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) New Jersey district office in March 2011. He brings with him a diverse business background in both non- and for-profit businesses with a concentration in marketing, sales and entrepreneurship.
Titone is responsible for directing SBA’s efforts to assist more than 700,000 small businesses in New Jersey with the agency’s financial, contracting and business development programs. Additionally, he has oversight responsibilities for 11 Small Business Development Centers administered by Rutgers University, one SBA-funded Women’s Business Center and nine chapters of SCORE – Counselors to America’s Small Business, a volunteer organization that provides free business counseling.
Titone started his SBA career in 2008 as the branch manager of SBA’s Long Island Office. In 2009, he served as the Acting District Director of the SBA’s New York Office for seven months. In January 2010, Titone was appointed as the SBA’s New York Deputy District Director. In that position he directed the agency’s implementation of its programs and services, promoted the SBA to various business and other groups, and encouraged more lending institutions to take part in SBA programs.
Prior to joining the SBA, Titone served as Regional Director for the York College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Queens, NY. While at the SBDC, Titone also served on several minority and women’s business enterprise committees. These were tasked with creating goals and participation requirements for minority and M/WBE companies in large construction projects scheduled in the borough over the following years.
After earning his undergraduate degree, Titone worked in the entertainment field for five years and returned to school to earn an MBA in marketing and management in 1988 from St. John’s University. He then ran several small businesses, including two of his own, and subsequently counseled others on various aspects of operating and owning a small business.
