Rebecca Haydock is the Director of the Central Virginia Small Business Development Center, long time member of Charlottesville Angel Network, and continues to be an owner and operator of businesses. Rebecca started working at age 14 with her first official business at 16. After graduating from Cornell University, she designed, opened and sold or grew businesses ranging from bagel shops to biotech. Rebecca is also a Certified Global Business Professional and specializes in growth strategy and infrastructure, contract preparedness, strategic alliances, and equity capital. Her experience focuses primarily on technology-based businesses. During her time as a Director at Princeton, NJ based Technology Management and Funding she managed a portfolio of tech businesses and spoke on topics of commercialization at national technology conferences. Additional roles focused on economic development and government contracting. As a business advisor and Director of CV SBDC she guides organizational excellence, sustainable business practices, and building operational infrastructure for growth with an emphasis on acquiring human and financial assets.