Business Impact NW
Christopher Stone has over a decade of experience in various roles in the non-profit and technology sectors. Currently serving as the Loan Portfolio Manager at Business Impact NW since July 2014, Christopher has developed strong expertise in managing loan portfolios. Prior experience includes serving as an Education Volunteer with the Peace Corps from April 2010 to July 2012 and working as a Data Content Technician at Point Inside from September 2009 to April 2010. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Linguistics from Truman State University, earned in 2009.
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.