Marilyn D. Landis is the President of Basic Business Concepts, Inc., a multifaceted service firm providing the support to keep businesses financially balanced, on track and growing. Landis has over thirty years of experience in financial services.

Prior to focusing on her own business, which provides CFO-level services to small businesses and business brokerage services, she worked for and with commercial lenders, banks and small businesses throughout Western Pennsylvania. In her career she has served as a financial consultant; headed training, consumer loan and mortgage departments; collected delinquent loans; and coordinated operations for a multi-bank merger. Marilyn has worked for three of the largest SBA lenders in the country - marketing, originating and underwriting SBA loans.

During her career she has secured financing for income properties, construction projects, manufacturers, restaurants and hotels - handling loan amounts from micro-loans to $22,000,000 fundings.

Marilyn previously served as vice president of First International Bank. Prior to that, she was associated with Heller Financial and Mellon Bank. Currently, in addition to her own company, Marilyn is part owner of Hipwell Manufacturing, Inc., a small business that manufactures flashlights on Pittsburgh's northside.

September of 2007 Landis was elected chair of SMC Business Councils, a founding member and Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Small Business Association (NSBA) in Washington DC. January of 2008 she was elected the 2008 chair of NSBA, who since it's founding in 1937, has advocated on behalf of America's entrepreneurs, reaching more than 150,000 small businesses. NSBA is proud to be the first national small-business advocacy organization in the United States. Representing SMC and NSBA member businesses Landis has testified before US Senate and House committees on issues vital to small business.

Landis also has extensive Board level experience with non-profits, ranging from economic development to social services.