Sessions
Value-Added Producer Grant and Rural Energy for America Program Funding Opportunities
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Thu
Jennifer Manning is a Business Programs Loan Specialist for USDA Rural Development. She has been with the Agency for two years working out of the Beckley Office. She is a WV native and received her undergraduate degree in Accounting from Concord University and her MBA from the University of Charleston. Her roles include working within the Rural Business Cooperative Service involving the coordination of the Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan Program. Additionally, she is the point of contact for the Intermediary Relending Program and Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program along with working to provide processing and servicing in all RBS programs. Growing up on an old family farm, she learned valuable lessons such as developing strong work ethics, helping others, and not afraid of getting a little dirty. She is married to the love of her life, Michael and has a daughter, Olivia along with two stepdaughters, Michaela, and Chloe. Duke, a Great Pyrenees is the newest addition to the Manning family.