Meet the SBIA Team
Small Business Investor Alliance Staff
Brett Palmer
President
Reggie Washington
Executive Assistant to the President
Lisa Ketelsen
Chief Operating Officer
Stephanie McAlaine
Chief Membership Officer
Executive Director, Independent Sponsor Forum
Tonnie Wybensinger
Head of Government Relations
Allie Kownacki
Office Manager & Events Coordinator
MaryBrown Sandys
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Justin Pelletier
Executive Director of Government Relations
Aynsley Stoy
Events Coordinator
David Parkhurst
General Counsel
Alex Frick Arnsberger
Executive Director of Strategic Investing
Taylor Thornton
Events Coordinator
Tristan Thorgersen
Special Projects and Government Relations Coordinator
Contractors and Consultants
Jeanette Paschal
Sound Meetings & Event Management, LLC Conference Advisor
Brian O’Shea
BPO Strategies
Paul Bock
Thorn Run Partners
General Information: (202) 628-5055 or info@sbia.org
Media inquiries: MaryBrown Sandys
Membership inquiries: Allie Kownacki
Event inquiries: Events Registrar
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 14358 | Washington, DC 20044
Physical address:
529 14th Street NW | Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20045