While she commends new SBA chief Steven Preston for his initiatives since taking over the agency this spring, she agrees with Kerry's talk of more hearings on the disaster loan program.

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Other OBE appointments include Preston's Steven Jackson, the founder of social welfare charity Recycling Lives and Dr Alan Hatton-Yeo, chief executive of the Beth Johnson Foundation, which promotes positive ageing.

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