ADVISORY BOARD
Fred Hochberg (former Administrator of the Small Business Administration)
Dean: Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Fred P. Hochberg became Dean of Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy in January 2004. Milano is a graduate school that trains leaders for the nonprofit, public, and private sectors with a faculty who blends theory with hands-on practice, and progressive thinking with social commitment.
Dean Hochberg has more than 30 years of experience in business, government, civil rights activities, and philanthropy. From 1998 through 2001, he served as deputy then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency elevated to cabinet rank by President Bill Clinton, with more than 4,000 employees and 100 offices nationwide.
Prior to joining the Clinton administration, he was president and chief operating officer of the Lillian Vernon Corporation, where he led the transformation of a small family mail order company into a publicly traded direct marketing corporation. Dean Hochberg has served on numerous civic and business boards of directors and is currently on the boards of the Citizens Budget Commission, FINCA International Micro Finance, Fusion Communications, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Seedco, and the World Jewish Congress Foundation.
