Shortt & Associates since 1993
Financing Consultant, Business Lender and Loan Analyst
Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, Inc. (now Common Capital) 1993 - 2009
Consultant in various capacities
Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corp. (now Mass Growth Capital Corp.) 1996 - 2008
Loan Analyst and Portfolio Review Consultant
Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, Inc. (now Common Capital) May 1993 - Apr 2007
Director of Lending & Senior Loan Analyst
Center for Women & Enterprise - MA 1994 - 1996
Trainer and Technical Assistance Provider
Education:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1966 - 1968
MS, Labor Studies
University of Michigan 1962 - 1966
BA, Economics
Skills:
Credit Loans Portfolio Management Funding Financial Planning Team Building Entrepreneurship Strategic Financial Planning Social Entrepreneurship Finance Program Management Small Business Mutual Funds Nonprofits Community Development Management Proposal Writing Organizational Development Risk Management Commercial Lending Underwriting Investments
Richard Shortt (1970-1974), Cathy Rouse (1971-1975), Lauren Moore (1965-1969), Gurtha Ingram (1965-1969), Duane Carter (1971-1975), David Lee (1970-1974)
Somerville, MA New York City New Salem, MA Burlington, VT Cambridge, Ma Ann Arbor, MI
Work:
Shortt & Associates - Business Finance Consultant Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, Inc. Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation Center for Women & Enterprise
Education:
Jamaica High School NYC, University of Michigan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard Shortt had expected to be buying stocks, putting his sidelined money back to work. Yet he was at his home computer this week, selling some of his stocks, and trimming investments in stock mutual funds. The 66-year-old from Somerville, Mass., put the proceeds into safer money-market mutual fu
Already, some investors are taking precautions. Richard Shortt, 66, of Somerville, Mass., worries that a default, or even just a downgrade of U.S. debt, could cause bond and stock markets to tumble. Last week he sold about 10 percent of his stock holdings and put the proceeds into a money-market mut