Leadership

Brett Rogers
State Director

Brett has been responsible for the overall operations of the Washington Small Business Development Center network since 2005.

He holds a Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management and has earned the Certified Economic Developer designation from the International Economic Development Council. Brett has extensive experience in international and domestic small business development with several significant consulting assignments in Romania, Russia, Moldova, Kosovo and Namibia. In addition to his SBDC activities, Brett has domestic economic development experience with the Palouse Economic Development Council, the Grays Harbor Economic Development Council and the Columbia River Economic Development Council. 

Brett is Washington SBDC’s voting member of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC). He serves on the national Board of Directors of the ASBDC.

Duane Fladland
Associate State Director

Duane moved to Spokane from Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was the Associate State Director of the NM Small Business Development Center for more than seven years. He has more than 20 years experience with the Small Business Development Center program, serving in various administrative, consultant and management capacities. In addition he has more than 10 years experience as an entrepreneur in agriculture. He is currently a member of the National Association of SBDCs Accreditation Committee, and was a Malcolm Baldrige examiner for Quality New Mexico. He is certified by the National Development Council as an Economic Development Finance Professional and recently completed training by the Palladium Group on the Balanced Scorecard. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Sioux Falls College in South Dakota and a certification from the Information Technology Institute in Denver, Colorado as an Information Technology Specialist.

Duane is excited to be at the Washington SBDC where he can enjoy his passion for serving the small business community and the outdoors.

Terry L. Chambers
Network Training Director

Terry is responsible for all training events and the professional development of all Certified Business Advisors (CBAs) in the network. He joined the SBDC as a Certified Business Advisor and Center Manager in 2005.

Terry has worked extensively in technology commercialization in high-tech product and program management taking several products to market, and has managed a sales support division, an international service department and other operations departments. He has also been a venture capitalist, owned his own import/export business and currently owns a small manufacturing business. He has taught at the university level and instructed workshops for over 15 years.

Terry holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Boise State University. He is also a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional.