Ms. Stephanie J. Fertig is Director of the NIH Small Business Program, in SEED (Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development) within the Office of Extramural Research (OER) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She currently oversees the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which are congressionally mandated set-aside programs that provide over $1.4 billion dollars per year to small business concerns. Prior to joining SEED, she managed the SBIR and STTR Programs at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). During her over 20 years at NIH she has led the development and implementation of multiple programs focused on small businesses and translational research. Ms. Fertig has a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.