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Robert Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington               July 7, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 03-230

NASA'S SENIOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HONORED

    The Minority Business & Professional Network recently 
honored Lloyd A. Blanchard, Ph.D., during its national 5th 
Annual Awards Gala. Blanchard was selected as one of this 
year's "Fifty Influential Minorities in Business."

Blanchard is NASA's Senior Advisor for Financial Management. 
His primary role at NASA is to coordinate the implementation 
of the President's Management Agenda and to help guide 
agency financial management processes, efficiencies and 
modernization.

Before joining NASA, he served as the Chief Operating 
Officer and Associate Deputy Administrator for Management 
and Administration at the U.S. Small Business Administration 
(SBA). His accomplishments at SBA helped earn this 
prestigious honor.

The award is given to minorities who are making outstanding 
contributions in their respective business-related fields. 
"I was quite surprised and humbled by the honor, but also 
feel quite pleased that my work at SBA was recognized as 
having a positive and significant impact on the minority 
business community," Blanchard said. 

Blanchard received his doctorate in Public Administration, 
with focus on public finance and urban policy, from Syracuse 
University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public 
Affairs, N.Y.  In addition to his doctorate, he holds a 
bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Texas 
at Austin, a bachelor's in political science from the 
University of Texas at San Antonio, and a Master of Public 
Administration from Syracuse University.

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