Beth Solomon, President & CEO, NADCO
Beth Solomon is President & CEO of the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO), representing 270 Certified Development Companies which provided $6 billion in financing for nearly 10,000 small businesses in 2012, helping U.S. small businesses create the jobs America needs. She was previously Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Industry Relations at the International Franchise Association, leading the organization’s efforts on small business lending, veterans and international growth. Ms. Solomon led strategic communications at the National Restaurant Association and the National Association of Manufacturers after working in the entertainment industry at William Morris Endeavor, the Hollywood talent and literary agency. Before joining the staff of U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn as a speechwriter, she was a radio journalist in the Voice of America’s East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Kenya, covering Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. She then joined the ABC News bureau in Berlin where she reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first free elections in East Europe. Ms. Solomon has a B.A. in History from Yale University.