Career
In the mid 1970s, Carranza's first post at UPS was a part-time, night-shift box handler. She worked her way up to vice president managing domestic operations and president of international operations for Latin America and the Caribbean. When she left UPS, she served as vice president of air operations for UPS at its facility in Louisville, Ky. and was the highest-ranking Latina in UPS history.
Later, she was appointed by President George W. Bush as Deputy Administrator for the Small Business Administration. She served on that position from 2006-2009. As Deputy Administrator, she helped to manage an agency with more than 80 field offices across the country and a portfolio of direct and guaranteed business loans, venture capital investments and disaster loans worth almost $80 billion. In an effort to improve customer response, Carranza led key operational improvement initiatives and projects.[4][5][6][7]
Currently, Jovita Carranza is the founder and president of The JCR Group, a consulting firm serving corporations and NGOs on issues of business development and profit and loss management.
Carranza, is also a lecturer, columnist and commentator on political and business issues. Her articles have appeared in TownHall.com and other publications. She has lectured at Johns Hopkins University in Washington [8][9]
In 2014, she joined the “Women for Rauner” campaign in Illinois promoting the Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti ticket.[10]
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