Board & Staff
KAYLA YANG-BEST - Founder & CEO
The Market Entry Fund
TERRI BARREIRO - Board Member
Advisor & Adjunct Faculty, Social Entrepreneurship
MALA THAO - Board Treasurer
Vice President, Greater Twin Cities United Way
BRENDAN KURVERS - Board Chair
Managing Director, CliftonLarsonAllen
LORRENE OCCHINO - Board Member
Food Scientist, Agricultural Utilization & Research Institute
KATELYN YEE - Program Manager
The Market Entry Fund
Community Leadership
YONG HER - Volunteer Programs
CLAUDIA FEUNTES - Community Grant Reviewer (2021 - Present)
BIANCA DAWKINS - Community Grant Reviewer (2021)
TONG THAO - Community Grant Reviewer (2021 - Present)
JUNITA FLOWERS - Equity Advisor to the President (2021 - Present)
MAY THAO-SCHUCK - Equity Advisor to the President and Grant Reviewer (2022)