in 2007, harvey became president and ceo of the greater washington hispanic chamber of commerce, and is on the board of the washington dc economic partnership (wdcep). part of her job involves in coordinating and implementing initiatives for the small business administration (sba) in washington to benefit small, struggling, women-owned businesses, by offering them federal government contract awards. her work often benefits women, hispanics, african americans and other ethnic minorities, and rural america. between 2009 and 2013 harvey served as sba's assistant administrator for women's business ownership. in january 2015 she was appointed acting director of the district of columbia department of small and local business development (dslbd). in september 2015, she received an ohtli award from the mexican government for her service to the mexican-american and latino community.