2020 Board of Directors

Rita has been the Center Manager for the Center for Entrepreneurship at College of DuPage since July, 2011.  The Center for Entrepreneurship houses the Illinois Small Business Development Center program (SBDC), Illinois International Trade Center program (ITC) and the Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center program (PTAC). Her career at the college has spanned twenty-five (25) years with twenty (20) of those years focused on the development and growth of small business in government contracting.   Her varied responsibilities include running the operations at the administrative level for the three centers while still working within her passion of advising on government contracting.  Rita is certified as a Contracting Assistance Specialist (CCAS), US Veteran Administration Federal Contracting Certification Mentor (FCC), US Veteran Administration Verification Certification Counselor.