Karen Mills

Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School

Biography

Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013). She is a Senior Fellow and member of the entrepreneurship faculty at Harvard Business School, and the author of the book Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream.

Mills is a venture capitalist and serves in leadership roles for several policy organizations, including the National Bureau of Economic Research Board of Directors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. Mills earned an AB in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sessions

Special Fireside Chat with Karen Mills : Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

Description

The 23rd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, Karen Mills reveals Fintech can be the stronger tool for the small business than for the big enterprise.