Ellen Kim

SENIOR ADVISOR, OFFICE OF INVESTMENT & INNOVATION
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Ellen Kim is a Senior Advisor in the Office of Investment and Innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration working on various interagency initiatives for high-growth, high-impact small businesses. Ellen’s work at the SBA includes the Startup America initiative, which encompasses the Entrepreneurial Mentor Corps pilot program in clean energy and the $1 billion Impact Investment Initiative.  Prior to her work at the SBA, Ellen was in investment banking at Citigroup in the Municipal Securities Division and has worked in management consulting as well as striking out on her own as an independent consultant to various start-ups and small businesses, mostly assisting with finance and operations. Ellen holds a B.S. in Economics from MIT and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she received certificates for Global Management and Public Management.