Empowering Veteran Entrepreneurs
in New York and New Jersey
About Us
The Veterans Business Outreach Center Region 2 Empowers Veteran Entrepreneurship in New York and New Jersey
The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program is a one-stop shop for active duty service members, transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses looking to start, purchase, or grow a business. Training opportunities, counseling and mentoring in-person and online, referrals to partners and programs, and monthly network events are available at no cost.
Amy Amoroso
Amy serves as Program Director for the McNulty Center’s Veterans Business Outreach Center covering the territories of NY/NJ/Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands. She is the initial point of contact for VBOC program clients and is responsible for facilitating and delivering Boots to Business, B2B: Reboot training programs, conducts client counseling services, case management, performance reporting, compliance, serves as POC for stakeholder and collaborative partners, and as moderator for network and outreach events.
Amy is a subject matter expert in business plan development, financial analysis, starting/growing and or selling a business, business lending, marketing, SDVOSB certifications, Boots to Business instruction, and networking.
Amy trains and works closely with VBOC staff in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, program and event planning and marketing to spread awareness of available services. Amy is a board member of UMAC, VETCON Alliance, Stakeholders, NVSBC. She volunteers with the American Red Cross, Veterans Administration and AMVETS Post 35. Amy also owns her own small business and is a military spouse with over 20 years’ experience in business development.
Kathy Caruso
Kathy Caruso is the Executive Director of the McNulty Veteran Business Center, and also serves as VBOC Administrator. Her responsibilities include management of the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization including strategic planning, grant administration, coordination of Board activities, project management, marketing, budgeting, and overseeing the organization’s daily activities. From 2003-2020 Kathy served as Administrator of the Arsenal Business and Technology Partnership, the McNulty Center’s predecessor, and previously worked as a production office coordinator in feature film production for major studios. Kathy is a graduate of The Leadership Institute Class of 2019 as well as Leadership Tech Valley Class of 2011, and has served on LTV’s Steering Committee 2011-2012, Averill Park Education Foundation Board 2008-2017, VETCON Alliance, and Veteran Connect Center Advisory Board.
The McNulty Center’s Veterans Business Outreach Center is partially funded by the U.S. SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD). The OVBD exists to help veterans become full partners in economic development through small business ownership.
You can visit their website at www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ovbd.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.