CA: Connecting Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility in California
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Connecting Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility in California | California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) Connecting Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility in California Entrepreneurship is the vital force behind the California Dream. The California Office of the Small Business Advocate Entrepreneurship & Economic Mobility Task Force (EEMTF) leads the Task Force in its mission to propel inclusive entrepreneurship through ongoing dialog about these three imperatives: Democratizing Access to Capital Diversifying the Innovation Economy Driving Economic Mobility through Entrepreneurship In October 2023, the Task Force hosted Entrepreneurship Reimagined, a design thinking symposium organized as part of the California Economic Summit. Learn more Lenny Mendonca Chair Read Bio Tara Lynn Gray Director (CalOSBA) Read Bio Maria S. Salinas Vice Chair Read Bio Gurinder S. Ahluwalia Vice Chair Read Bio Matt Horton Vice Chair Read Bio Allison Kelly Read Bio Brett Melone Read Bio Carolina Martinez Read Bio Danetta Jackson Read Bio David Fazio Read Bio Debra Gore-Mann Read Bio Drew Simpson Read Bio Eric Hiatt Read Bio Erin Kilmer-Neel Read Bio Gurbax Sahota Read Bio Jason Paguio Read Bio Jay King Read Bio Jesus Martinez Read Bio Jill Osur Read Bio Jim Roberts Read Bio Josaline Cuesta Read Bio Julie Baker Read Bio Kristin York Read Bio Lorraine Salazar Read Bio Maria Kim Read Bio Mihai Patru Read Bio Mike Daniel Read Bio Schenae Rourk Read Bio Traco Matthews Read Bio Vivienne Ming Read Bio Vera Moore Read Bio Vernice Nellon Read Bio 2019 Entrepreneurship Task Force California Office of the Small Business Advocate 1325 J Street, Suite 1800 Sacramento, CA 95814 Contact CalOSBA Speaker Request Form Stay informed. Subscribe: CalOSBA Small Business News State Funding Programs CA Grants Portal modal-check Lenny Mendonca Chair Lenny Mendonca is the former chief economic and business advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom. He is also a senior partner emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a lecturer on inequality at the Stanford Business School, and chair and primary owner of the Coastside News Group. He founded McKinsey's US state and local public sector consulting practice and led the firm's knowledge development efforts, overseeing the McKinsey Global Institute and the firm's communications including the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council. Over the course of his career, he has helped dozens of government, corporate, and nonprofit clients meet their most difficult management challenges. He was formerly the chair of New America and Children Now, co-chair of California Forward, and chair of Fuse Corps. He is chair emeritus of the Bay Area Council and their Economic Institute. He also previously served as the vice chair of Common Cause, the vice chair of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development. He served on the boards of Fidelity Charitable,