LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier Named Interim Director of the Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida SBDC at FGCU (Fort Myers, Fla.) – The Florida SBDC at Florida Gulf Coast University is pleased to announce the appointment of LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier as Interim Regional Director of the Florida SBDC at FGCU, following the departure of Regional Director Lois Knox.  

LaShaun joined the Florida SBDC at FGCU in 2017 as a business consultant with over 11 years of experience as a small business owner. She later rose to management and was promoted to Assistant Director in October of 2021.  

“LaShaun elevates the SBDC with her tenacity and high-level strategy planning. She will no doubt continue to help our center thrive in supporting the SWFL area. I am so pleased to have worked beside her.”, said Lois Knox, Regional Director of the Florida SBDC at Florida Gulf Coast University. 

LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier received a B.S. degree from the University of South Florida and did graduate-level studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a mentor for Goodwill’s MicroEnterprise program, certified in Business Education in Florida’s Department of Education, DISC/Driving Forces Certified, Strategic Management Performance System (SMPS), and Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst. She received the Florida Game Changer of the Year Award from the Florida SBDC Network in 2019. She was also named Top 20 generous leaders of 2021 in Southwest Florida. 

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About the Florida SBDC at FGCU

The FSBDC at FGCU offers one-on-one, confidential, no-cost consulting and low-cost workshops for businesses throughout Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. The state designates the Florida SBDC Network as Florida’s principal provider of business assistance. The FSBDC at FGCU is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service funded in part through cooperative agreements with U.S. Small Business Administration, Department of Defense, State of Florida and other private and public partners, and is hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University and nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs. For more information, please visit www.fsbdcswfl.org.