Marisela Garcia Marquez is a passionate, innovative and results-driven business development professional with eight years of international experience in strategic partnerships, investor relations, portfolio management, product development, event and communications development for venture capital, private equity firms, and early stage startups. Strong understanding of the global startup ecosystem and local investor markets in the US, Latin America and the Middle East, with a proven ability to develop both corporate and private client relations. Areas of expertise include public speaking, strategic prospecting, business growth, and objection handling.
Marisela is leading with purpose and serves as a Board Director of Latina Professionals and Co-Founder of Latina Equal Pay Day empowering 90,000+ Latina women in the US to reach their full potential through career development programs, volunteering, community engagement and giving circles.
Additionally, as an advocate for women's economic empowerment, she founded the Global Women in Venture initiative, a specialty consulting group with a global approach to amplify diverse women in the venture capital industry and provide a resourceful platform for VC's, angel investors, family offices and women-led companies.