Awesta Sarkash
Awesta Sarkash directs Small Business Majority's policy and education work in Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. She also helps coordinate Small Business Majority's state policy and advocacy strategy to ensure policy alignment across all state offices. Additionally, Awesta leads the organization's policy work on access to capital, criminal justice reform and auto-IRA retirement savings programs by tracking legislative and regulatory developments, and serving as a subject-matter expert on these issues.