Business Impact NW
Ahmad Ali Ali is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in grant management, loan documentation, and customer service. Currently serving as a Loan Documentation & Administration Specialist at Business Impact NW since December 2019, Ahmad excels in client services and event coordination. Prior roles include technical management of grants at DAI and Development Alternatives Inc, where responsibilities encompassed planning, recording, and maintaining grant and funder records. With a background in patient engagement as a Patient Contact Center Representative at Neighborcare Health, Ahmad has also provided legal counseling for the Norwegian Refugee Council and data management for Action Contre la Faim. Ahmad holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from Balkh University and a high school graduation in general subjects from Bakhtar high school.
Business Impact NW
Business Impact NW provides coaching, classes, and capital to meet the needs of low/moderate-income business owners and underserved areas in Washington and Oregon; particularly, serving women, persons of color, veteran, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ owned businesses in order to create positive economic impact within these communities. Business Impact NW offers financing and coaching services at every stage in a business’s development. Through our in-house programs, we offer support classes and one-on-one counseling for all entrepreneurs, from startup to established business ownership. As a community lender, we offer business loans from $5,000-$350,000 to qualified small business entrepreneurs. We also focus on partnerships across the Pacific Northwest in order to deliver robust opportunities. This collaboration includes credit unions, banks, corporations, private foundations and gov’t agencies including the SBA and CDFI; local gov’t HUD and economic development departments; our own robust training/coaching programs with the WA Women’s Business Center and the Veterans Business Outreach Center; and diverse local community development not-for-profit partner organizations.