Yolanda has over eight years of demonstrated success in strengthening organizations. Yolanda's work includes business plan, marketing plan, and financial plan development; loan packaging; disadvantaged business certifcation packaging (private, local, state, and federal including SBA 8(a)); high level presentations; curriculum development; program development and management; and community outreach.

Experience

Yolanda has previous experience as a business consultant with the North Carolina Minority Business Enterprise Center (NC MBEC), operated by the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development (NCIMED). Additionally, she served as a small business consultant while a student at UNC Kenan-Flagler's MBA program to various local businesses. She is very passionate about the success of entrepreneurs and believes in the impact their success can have on an entire community.

Education
Yolanda holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School with dual concentrations in Marketing and Sustainable Enterprise, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is certified as an Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) through the National Development Council. Additionally, she has completed executive training at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. 

Service

Yolanda is a 2009 graduate of Leadership North Carolina and is the immediate past President for the Triangle Urban League Young Professionals. She has been active with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council Southeast Certification Committee, UNC Kenan-Flagler Alumni Council, WOCC Economic Development Ministry, National Black MBA Association - RDU chapter, and the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management.