Malia brings more than 20 years of experience expanding access to capital and supporting entrepreneurs. As Executive Vice President and Regional President at Berkshire Bank, she helped develop financial products and programs for entrepreneurs of color and launched ReevX Labs, a collaborative workspace and innovation hub for urban startups. She also worked with the City of Boston to create Accelerate Boston, which helped launch more than 20 minority-owned businesses during its first five years.

An MIT Sloan lecturer and author of From Intention to Impact, Malia co-created the Inclusive Innovation Economy series and founded Future Boston Alliance, now known as Epicenter, to connect creative entrepreneurs with customers and investors. At Potlikker, she will strengthen the day-to-day systems that help our team coordinate financing and technical assistance and to follow through on commitments to producers.