Past Chair | Joe Wolfe serves as President and CEO of Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp., a statewide certified development company. WBD assists small business gain access to capital by providing business loan products in collaboration with Wisconsin lenders. Joe leads a staff of 48 operating out of nine Wisconsin offices. WBD currently has a portfolio of over $650 million serving over 1400 Wisconsin businesses. WBD also has affiliates Wisconsin Business Development Service Co, which assists other economic development groups with professional support services, Wisconsin Business Growth Fund, Inc. which has received two allocations of New Market Tax Credits, and Lincoln Opportunity Fund, LLC , a CDFI lender focused on business finance in low income communities. He joined Wisconsin Business Development in 1985 as a member of its Board of Directors, and was hired as the Executive Vice President of the company in 1996. He was appointed President in 2003. |
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