Board of Directors

Our Board members bring years of expertise and vision for AEO’s impact on Microbusinesses.

Ines Polonius

AEO Board Chair

Communities Unlimited, Inc.

Usman Ahmed

PayPal

Theresa Bedeau

Theresa Bedeau

Community and Economic Development Leader & Small Business Advocate

Joshua Brackett

Ascendus

Tara Campbell

Fifth Third Bank

Natalie Madeira Cofield Pic

Natalie Madeira Cofield

Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)

Gary Cunningham

The New School

Ron Fong

Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program

Mitch Jacobs

Mitch Jacobs

Plink

Gustavo Lasala

PeopleFund

Jessie Lee

Jessie Lee

Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC)

Chris Wheat

JPMorgan Chase 

Lenwood Long, Sr.

BV&L Associates

Carolina Martinez

California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity

Jose Martinez

Prestamos CDFI