Natalie Madeira Cofield

137 Leaders Rising to Support COVID-19

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They’d join together and shift from panic to adaptation. By July, we figured, people would have plans. They’d find opportunity. They’d collectively carry the world forward.

So who should be on the cover? Entrepreneurs should be on the cover. “Let’s fit as many people as we can,” I said, which turned out to be 137. We wanted them to be a representative sample of entrepreneurial ingenuity —… Show more

137 Leaders Rising to Support COVID-19

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/352181

They’d join together and shift from panic to adaptation. By July, we figured, people would have plans. They’d find opportunity. They’d collectively carry the world forward.

So who should be on the cover? Entrepreneurs should be on the cover. “Let’s fit as many people as we can,” I said, which turned out to be 137. We wanted them to be a representative sample of entrepreneurial ingenuity — people who work at every scale, at every experience level, running solo businesses to international powerhouses. Our sole filter: They had to have done something adaptive during the pandemic, whether it was helping their team, their community, their customers, or others. We’d include everyone who was quoted in the magazine, as well as people we’d simply heard about and admired. One day, for example, I read a local news story about Maya Gilliam, who saw no future in the spa she’d run for years — so she transformed it into a boutique farm and upscale hemp dispensary called Hempress Farms. I loved that. On the cover! Show less

Advocate of the Year is presented to Natalie Madeira Cofield, founder of Walker's Legacy, a global platform for the professional and entrepreneurial multicultural woman.

In 2009, when Ms. Cofield found herself in need of female mentors and role models during the formation of her first entrepreneurial venture, Walker’s Legacy was born. Recognizing the need for positive and accessible examples of multicultural women in business the goal was to develop an open forum for women to engage and… Show more

Advocate of the Year is presented to Natalie Madeira Cofield, founder of Walker's Legacy, a global platform for the professional and entrepreneurial multicultural woman.

In 2009, when Ms. Cofield found herself in need of female mentors and role models during the formation of her first entrepreneurial venture, Walker’s Legacy was born. Recognizing the need for positive and accessible examples of multicultural women in business the goal was to develop an open forum for women to engage and inspire.

Today, Walker’s Legacy equips multicultural women-led micro-enterprises through entrepreneurship training and business development programming and works to improve the livelihood and economic equality of low-income women and girls.

The organization is named in honor of Madam C. J. Walker, a successful entrepreneur, and the first self-made female millionaire in United States history. Show less