South Central Indiana SBDC
Location
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Appointments are encouraged. If you plan to visit our office without an appointment, please call ahead to ensure someone is available to speak with you.
South Central Indiana SBDC Staff
Steve Bryant
Regional Director
Steve Bryant serves as the Regional Director for the South Central Small Business Development Center and the Executive Director of the Gayle and Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, Indiana. In his role at the South Central SBDC, Steve is responsible for small business starts and growth in the South Central Indiana region. Steve also oversees the Cook Center for Entrepreneurship, which is Ivy Tech’s only center of excellence in entrepreneurial studies. Steve managed the successful development of the Center and its programs to support students and small business owners in the Ivy Tech-Bloomington region. Steve has previously held positions within government, not-for-profits, life sciences industry and higher education. Steve served as the Business Development & Marketing Manager for BioConvergence (now Singota Solutions), a small life sciences business in Bloomington, the founding Director of the Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership, Vice President of the Indiana Health Industry Forum, owned a small consulting business and was an aide to US Senators Richard G. Lugar and Dan Coats. Steve’s professional career has allowed him to be skilled in program development, strategic management, communications, marketing, business development, and government/public relations. Steve has a BS in political science from Indiana University, is married and lives in Bloomington.
Mande Miskewycz
Business Advisor
Mande Miskewycz has 20+ years of business experience and been involved in the Bloomington business community as a small business owner for several years. As many entrepreneurs do, she has worked in several industries and is here to use that knowledge to benefit her clients. She has experience in national sales, real estate, start-up operations, social services, franchising, e-commerce, real estate investing, consulting, print & digital marketing. At the heart of all business, is marketing. As a business advisor, she hopes to use her years of experience to walk alongside small business owners during their entrepreneurial journeys. Mande holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from The Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, is an ambassador for the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and sits on the board of the Zac43Foundation. When not working, Mande enjoys spending time outside with her husband, 2 young kids and 2 yellow labs.
Troy Phelps
Business Advisor
Troy Phelps has held various positions at the ISBDC including Business Advisor, Regional Director, Associate State Director, and State Director. Throughout his 22 year tenure working with small businesses, he has counseled with over 2,000 clients, helped them start over 200 businesses and obtain more than $65 million in capital for their companies. Troy specializes in accounting and has significant experience in the banking, medical, and insurance industries. In addition, he has owned two businesses of his own in the past and understands first- hand the challenges of owning a business.
Hayley Cranfill
Business Advisor
Hayley Angrick serves the South Central Small Business Development Center where she helps entrepreneurs and small business owners navigate the challenges of starting, growing, and strengthening their businesses. She is passionate about empowering others through practical guidance, strategic support, and a genuine commitment to their success. Hayley has an associate's in business administration from Ivy Tech with plans to further her education in the future.
Kelly Basham
Office Coordinator
Grant Sherfick
Ecosystem Navigator
Steve Thrash
Business Advisor (PT)
Steve brings over 45 years of community and economic development experience, as well as starting and operating his own small businesses in retail, wholesale, development and distribution in the clothing, food, energy, and telecommunications industries. Most recently Steve gives back to the community in the form of business, entrepreneur, and student coaching, mentoring, consulting, and teaching.
Triggering Steve’s transition to part-time and project work, Steve led the start-up, growth, and sale of a 16-year LLC that provided energy and telecommunications solutions to rural utilities and their end consumers nationally. As CEO and member of the Board, Steve ushered the sale of that company through the diligence process and final sale to the New York private equity firm Kohlberg and Company. Servco LLC dba Service Concepts is now part of the South Carolina based industry leader AM Conservation Group. Upon fulfillment of his commitment to ensure a successful transition, Steve turned his attention to give back to the entrepreneurial community.
Steve transitioned the Indiana University seeded SOURCE Entrepreneurship Center to a neighborhood based 501c3 non-profit, and joined Ivy Tech Community College as an adjunct instructor teaching business and entrepreneurship in the School of Business, Logistics, and Supply Chain.
In 2022 Steve was asked to lead the Indianapolis region development of the new Ivy Tech Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (GSEI). Steve initially served as GSEI Program Chair, Network Developer and full-time Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in Indianapolis, and recently pivoted and currently now serves as adjunct instructor with the Bloomington Ivy Tech campus entrepreneurship program. Steve also facilitates community and private business development as Board member and / or advisor through his private consulting firm TPS LLC.
A graduate of Indiana University School of Business and completing Certificate programs at Ball State University (process consulting) and Harvard Business Online (entrepreneurship), Steve is celebrating 45 years of marriage, successfully spawning two college educated children working in the mental health, psychology and AgriScience research fields.
Trainings & Events
South Central Indiana Small Business Spotlight
Wave Therapeutics (Techstars Future of Longevity)
Wave Therapeutics (Techstars Future of Longevity), has set itself apart and won the seed competition for its therapeutic devices and software aimed to prevent bedsores and blood clots for mobility-impaired patients.
2019 Impact Award Winner: Matrix Integration
Matrix Integration (Jasper), founded by entrepreneur Brenda Stallings in 1979, is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise and IT solution provider.
Hosted by Ivy Tech Community College (Bloomington)
Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship, Indiana Center for Life Sciences
