Chavelle Sangokoya

Senior Vice President, Programs & Initiatives

Chavelle Sangokoya serves as Senior Vice President of Programs & Initiatives. Driven by her passion for economic development and racial equity, Chavelle is responsible for leading the Alliance’s Women-led Initiative as well as the African American Equity Scorecard. Over the past seven years, she has effectively facilitated focus groups and working sessions with community stakeholders and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) to collaboratively build solutions to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in entrepreneurship. Leveraging her business operations and management background, Chavelle has designed and evaluated curriculum for early-stage entrepreneurs and launched a flagship rewards program that incentivizes Black entrepreneurs to work on their business and engage in local entrepreneur ecosystems.