Karen Kerrigan
For a quarter of a century Karen Kerrigan’s leadership and advocacy have helped foster U.S. entrepreneurship and global small business growth. She is president & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. Karen regularly testifies before the Congress and meets with the President’s advisors on key issues impacting entrepreneurs. She’s been appointed to numerous federal advisory boards including the National Women’s Business Council. She has been called America's “entrepreneurial envoy” for her work overseas. Karen is a founding member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, and former chair of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). From 2001 to 2014, she was named a Top 100 Small Business Influencer. CEO World Magazine named Kerrigan a Top Ten Power Woman in Crowdfunding in 2011. Inc. Magazine put her on its “Best Friend” for small business list, and The Hill newspaper once described her as “the hardest working woman in show business.”
