Monica Hahn is a small business owner, brand strategist, and advocate for economic equity and education. After a successful corporate career leading marketing efforts for global brands, Monica embraced entrepreneurship and has spent the past decade as a franchisee with Elements Massage™, one of North America's largest therapeutic massage franchises. She owns and operates a studio in Walnut Creek, California.
Mary Sue Milliken is a James Beard and Julia Child Award–winning chef, cookbook author, food system activist, media personality, and co-owner of Mundo Hospitality Group—home to Border Grill, BBQ Mexicana, Pacha Mamas, SOCALO, and Alice B.—with her business partner, Susan Feniger.
Mar Y Sol Alvarado is the proud co-founder and principal owner of ALRO Window Coverings, a thriving family-owned enterprise based in Mountain View, California. Established in 2008, the company has grown under her leadership into a trusted provider of custom window treatment solutions for both residential and commercial clients.
Dr. Lisa Kaczmarczyk is the founder and owner of LK Evaluation Consulting, a program evaluation firm that helps researchers identify and address project challenges. LK Evaluation Consulting provides evaluation services to academic institutions, government agencies, and the high-tech industry. Services include the development of comprehensive developmental, formative, and summative evaluation plans, as well as collaboration on grant proposal preparation.
On March 24, 2025, California Director Bianca Blomquist testified in order to underscore the importance of the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) in addressing the healthcare affordability crisis among small business owners.
Small Business Majority is pleased to support AB 4, which will remove immigration status as a barrier to eligibility to access healthcare coverage within Covered California. This will ensure more small business employees and entrepreneurs are able to access the health coverage they need to fully participate in our state’s economy.
Small Business Majority is pleased to support AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry), which requires provider directories to be accurate, mandates verification of accuracy, and ties existing provider directory requirements to accuracy benchmarks for health plans to serve as an enforcement mechanism. AB 280 streamlines the process of updating and verifying provider information and grants the Departments of Managed Health Care and Insurance the authority to require health plans to use a central utility or utilities. This will ensure small business owners and employees who are
On April 2, 2025, California Director Bianca Blomquist testified to underscore the importance SB 362, a bill introduced by Chair Grayson that would strengthen California’s truth in lending laws by creating a more coherent disclosure framework resulting in small businesses receiving better information as they shop for loans.
Alberto Sanchez is the newest member of Small Business Majority’s Outreach Team, supporting entrepreneurship in Southern California. Our outreach team helps entrepreneurs on two fronts: It advocates for policies that benefit small businesses and it offers webinars and in-person events that offer entrepreneurs tips on how to grow their businesses.
California Director Bianca Blomquist testifies in support of SB 1103, legislation that would empower California’s entrepreneurs and non-profits to make informed decisions when entering commercial leases.
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