Luz Urrutia

Luz Urrutia

Chief Executive Officer Accion Opportunity Fund

Luz Urrutia is CEO of Accion Opportunity Fund, the nation’s leading nonprofit providing small businesses with access to capital, networks, and coaching. Luz joined Opportunity Fund as CEO in 2017, with the purpose to continue building a more inclusive financial system. In her role, Luz is helping to scale the non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to deepen its impact in California and expand its reach nationwide. Already the nation’s leading nonprofit small business lender – with over $200 million in small business loans under management – Luz is focused on attracting the capital and philanthropic funds to expand nationally with the product offerings that will quadruple the organization’s impact nationally by 2025.

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