Jerry Martin has been named regional director of the Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he will oversee small business consulting, training and assistance programs across a five-county Southwest Florida region.
The Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University named Jerry Martin as its new regional director, effective July 6. Martin joins from Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he served as associate director of its SBDC, bringing more than 30 years of experience in business development, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. He will oversee the FGCU center's operations across a five-county Southwest Florida region. In 2025, the center provided more than 12,400 consulting hours to 1,358 businesses, helping clients secure $60 million in capital, $73.1 million in government contracts and generate $338.2 million in sales growth.
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