The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the appointment of David M. Glaccum as the associate administrator of the SBA's Office of International Trade (OIT).
In this role, Glaccum will work to increase the number of small business exporters as well as the volume of exports by American small businesses, the SBA announced in a press release.
As associate administrator of OIT, Glaccum’s duties will include overseeing the execution of three divisions pertaining to federal and state trade development, international trade and finance, and international affairs and trade policy.
Glaccum brings a variety of experience in federal and state government to the position, the organization said. While serving as chief of staff to United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, he was able to reduce budgets by finding and eliminating unused resources, improving operational efficiency, and led the development of U.S. “Peacekeeping Principles” that have been applied to all 15 peacekeeping mission renewals, resulting in nearly $900 million in savings to the United Nations peacekeeping budget.
“While working as then-Gov. Haley’s deputy chief of staff and policy advisor, Glaccum successfully led state-wide initiatives to improve South Carolina's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and worked to ensure proper disaster response and recovery financing and allocation of state resources following Hurricane Matthew in October 2016,” the SBA said.