Our Management Team
 
Regina Grant Peterson, Executive Director
regina@advantagecdc.org
 
Roger Sprague, Vice President - Business Loan Development
roger@advantagecdc.org
 
Farooq Ahmad, Business Development Officer
Farooq@advantagecdc.org 
 
 
 
 

Born and raised in Long Beach, Roger Sprague earned his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration at Long Beach State in 1969. His favorite phrase from those days is: “If you remember the sixties, you weren’t really there.” Following a brief career with Xerox Corporation (where his greatest achievement by far was meeting his wife Bette), Roger entered the world of commercial finance during the early days of the leveraged leasing industry. His favorite phrase from those days is: “Always try to own assets that appreciate in value, and lease the ones that don’t.”

In 1992, he turned his attention from equipment leasing and commercial finance to the small business lending arena. He was introduced to the specialized asset-based loans issued under the 504 Development Company loan program of the U.S. Small Business Administration at just the right time. Since joining Advantage CDC in 1996, he has guided hundreds of southern California business owners and their commercial bankers through the SBA 504 loan process. As Vice President of Business Loan Development, his favorite phrase remains the same: “Always try to own assets that appreciate in value, and lease the ones that don’t.” In other words - lease your cars and computers and office furniture if you want to, but don’t be a tenant in your business location any longer than you have to.

Roger is finally old enough to enjoy watching golf tournaments on television, but he is still young enough to enjoy playing in golf tournaments for fun. His favorite phrase from the world of golf is: “Being lucky is better than being good – but it’s funny how the more you practice, the luckier you get.”