Small Business Administration

Bill Manger served as managing director at Brock Capital Group, a boutique investment bank, where he, according to his SBA biography, “advised and supported small-to-medium sized enterprises in their efforts to raise capital and expand their businesses.” The agency indicated he agreed to recuse himself for at least two years from issues narrowly affecting recent clients or employers. — ProPublica

Chris Pilkerton was most recently a compliance director at J.P. Morgan Chase, a bank that offers business loans backed by SBA. The agency indicated he agreed to recuse himself for at least two years from issues narrowly affecting recent clients or employers. — ProPublica

Auborn Joseph Shepard was previously a partner and managing director for Archway Capital Management and, before that, a director of Banc One Capital Markets. When he was hired at SBA, Administrator Linda McMahon said his “private sector experience as a subordinated debt lender and private equity investor in small businesses, is the perfect fit” for his position. The agency indicated he agreed to recuse himself for at least two years from issues narrowly affecting recent clients or employers. — ProPublica