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