Business Impact NW
Domonique Juleon's work experience includes serving as the Chief Program Officer at Business Impact NW, where they directed and oversaw all programs of the organization. They were responsible for ensuring program goals alignment with the strategic framework and serving traditionally underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners. Domonique also worked as the Program Director at the Veterans Business Outreach Center, supporting veteran and military community entrepreneurs. They helped these individuals build business acumen, connect to resources, and leverage their passion to give back through business. Additionally, Domonique worked as an OlyKraut Evangelist at OlyKraut, promoting the product and supporting regional farmers. They also worked as an Office Manager at Schemata Workshop from 2011 to 2014.
Domonique Juleon completed a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Washington from 1999 to 2001. Later, from 2012 to 2014, Domonique pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a focus on Sustainability Studies - Food System at Pinchot University.
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.