George Cloutier

George Cloutier is cochairman of Partner America, a partnership between Cloutier's company and the nation's mayors. The U.S. Conference of Mayors has twice named him Small Business Advocate and Entrepreneur of the Year. Tulane University named Cloutier Social Entrepreneur of the Year for his work bringing back small business in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He is also the CEO of American Management Services, a consulting firm that specializes in small and midsize businesses, where he has brought over six thousand small businesses across four hundred industries from the brink of bankruptcy to double-digit profits through a hard-working, no-nonsense approach. He is a coach, lecturer, speaker, and regular commentator on national television. He has been seen on Fox Business News, ABC's 20/20, CNBC's Squawk Box, MSNBC, and Bloomberg Television, most recently as a pundit on the economic crisis. Called the "Turnaround Ace" by BusinessWeek, he has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, and Fortune Small Business.