17 Facts About Fred Hochberg

Fred Philip Hochberg was born on February 3,1952 and is an American businessman and civic leader.

Fred Hochberg was initially appointed in January 2009 and confirmed in May 2009.

Fred Hochberg was re-nominated in March 2013 and confirmed for a second term in July 2013.

Fred Hochberg served as a member of the presidential transition of Barack Obama.

Fred Hochberg was named after his uncle, Siegfried Menasche, who was drafted into the US Army and died during the invasion of Normandy.

Fred Hochberg began his business career at the Lillian Vernon Corporation, the company founded by his mother on her kitchen table in 1951.

In 1993, Fred Hochberg left Lillian Vernon as the company was struggling and later entered bankruptcy, in what was characterized as a sudden move, to devote his time to advocacy and investing.

In 1998 Fred Hochberg was confirmed by unanimous consent of the US Senate and deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, later becoming the agency's acting administrator.

Fred Hochberg remained in the post at the SBA until January 2001, serving on US President Bill Clinton's Management Council.

At the SBA, Fred Hochberg helped to lead aggressive outreach that quadrupled loans to minority, women, and LGBTQ-owned businesses across the nation.

Fred Hochberg was a bundler of contributions for the Obama campaign; some bundlers collected $500,000 for the campaign.

President Obama formally nominated Fred Hochberg to be chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States on April 20,2009.

Fred Hochberg is a founder of the Bohnett Leaders Fellowship, an executive education program for state and local elected officials through the LGBTQ Victory Institute in partnership with Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Fred Hochberg has been dedicated to public policy, community service and philanthropic involvement in expanding access to capital, civil rights, education and the arts.

Fred Hochberg currently serves on the boards of the Meridian International Center and the American Theatre Wing and has recently been a member of the boards of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, New York City's Citizens Budget Commission, and FINCA International.

Fred Hochberg has served on the boards of Playwrights Horizons and the Wolfsonian Art Museum, and on the Democratic National Committee.

Fred Hochberg was born in New York and lives with his partner, the writer Tom Healy, in Miami Beach, Florida.