Carolina Martinez

Carolina Martinez is the CEO of CAMEO – the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity-, a statewide association that represents 400 lenders, training programs, chambers of commerce, job creators, agencies and individuals dedicated to furthering Microbusiness development in the state. CAMEO advocates for its members and builds their capacity to support the almost 200,000 very small businesses they serve.

Carolina has 20 years of experience working in economic development and business consulting. Her vision has been defined by the variety of experiences she’s had with nonprofits and universities in South and North America. She has developed bilingual, culturally appropriate entrepreneurial training programs; trained and coached pre-venture and startups; developed international networks promoting partnerships among private corporations that boost industries; provided consulting services to vulnerable communities to explore entrepreneurship as a way to generate wealth; and owned her own business consulting firm.

She serves on the Boards of Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) in San Francisco and on the Community Advisory Boards of Comerica Bank, Umpqua Bank and Cathay Bank. She serves on the California Governor’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility and is a Board Member and Chair of the Policy Committee of the California Coalition for Community Investment (CCCI) a statewide coalition of CDFIs. She has an MBA and BA in Industrial Engineering.