Steve Hall

Steve Hall is Vice President of LISC Small Business, a nonprofit lender that helps communities grow by investing in people who build businesses and generate jobs in their communities. He is responsible for providing lending solutions and personalized business coaching to entrepreneurs, enabling them to start or grow their businesses. He has overseen the development of LISC Small Business' Impact Lending and SBA Community Advantage programs and the expansion of LISC's other small business offerings. 

Prior to joining the team in March 2017, Steve was Vice President of Small Business at Accion Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and Vice President and Regional Manager at Charter One Bank from 2004 to 2014, receiving top lending awards while at both organizations. Before starting his career in banking, he was Major Accounts Manager at Konica Minolta Copiers (via CDS Office Technologies), small business owner at Tavo Enterprises, and Business Manager in the Office of Student Affairs at Florida A&M University, his alma mater. Steve is the president of the local chapter of FAMU alumni. As an entrepreneur himself, Steve has met many of the same challenges that other small business owners confront.

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Eric Uva

Eric joined the LISC Small Business team in 2016. He is responsible for implementing a Boston-based small business lending and capacity building program. In this capacity, he originates small business loans and provides technical assistance to existing small businesses with a focus on job creation in underserved communities. Eric draws from 13 years of capital markets and capacity building experience with small and medium sized businesses. His background includes middle market investment banking at Jefferies, equity and mezzanine funding at American Capital, small business impact investing at Root Capital, and small business lending at Indivisible. He holds a B.A. and B.S. from Boston College and an MPP from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Charles Edison Fellow. 

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Kate Novotny Angeles

Kate is Business Development and Training Manager for LISC Small Business. She is based in New York and is responsible for business development and outreach to the East Coast regional LISC offices. Kate is an entrepreneur at heart with a passion for social impact and innovation. The diversity of her skillset ranges from CEO of a startup social venture to Lending Manager at Accion Chicago. Additionally, she has developed programing for an entrepreneurial incubator, managed tax sites for low income families and coordinated grant proposals and development strategies for LISC Milwaukee in 2013. During Kate’s time at Accion, she oversaw a team of six loan officers, performed financial analysis, provided technical assistance and developed a SBA Community Advantage program. Kate is a graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI where she earned a B.A in Latin American Studies and Spanish as well as a Masters Certificate in Entrepreneurship. She is fluent in Spanish and has studied in Mexico and Chile. Kate loves a good cup of coffee, trips to Northern Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers!

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