Chris Wicker, who recently worked as the deputy director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Minnesota District, is one of many workers who have been impacted by recent federal layoffs .
As a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Wicker dreamed of one day helping people start and run their businesses.
“I am from Minnesota originally,” Wicker said. “I joined the Air Force straight out of high school where I spent six years on active duty as an intelligence analyst. Almost 10 years of national security later, I actually wrote a business plan for a cleaning company while I was in Kabul.”…