Natalie Cofield, President and CEO at The Association for Enterprise Opportunity

About this episode

Natalie Madeira Cofield discusses her extensive experience in small business advocacy and leadership.

Natalie Madeira Cofield is a former presidentially appointed expert for small business and has been named one of the most powerful women in business by Entrepreneur Magazine… An award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, political appointee, and economic activist, Natalie has provided some of the nation's most prominent CEOs of billion-dollar organizations, executives of global brands, senior advisors to the White House, mayors of leading national cities, and community activists and leaders with inspiration, insight, and advisement. She currently serves as Executive-in-Residence at Mastercard where she advises in strategies to deepen engagement with small businesses and go-to-market strategies on products and solutions to best this fast growing national segment. As a presidentially-appointed Assistant Administrator of the Small Business Administration, she advised on the deployment of $1.2 trillion in funding, was directly responsible for supporting the deployment of more than $200 million in funding to ecosystems and entrepreneurs throughout the country during the greatest economic crisis in modern history, and served as the head of the Office of Women’s Business Ownership at…

People in this episode

Guest: Natalie Madeira Cofield

Topics covered

• small business
• entrepreneurship
• economic activism
• women's business ownership
• leadership

Keywords

• small business
• entrepreneur
• economic activist
• women's business ownership
• Mastercard
• SBA
• funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Association for Enterprise Opportunity, Mastercard, U.S. Small Business Administration, Entrepreneur Magazine

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