Movers and Shakers - Karen Kerrigan

Karen Kerrigan is president & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, and is the group’s chief advocate for its members. She has been called America’s “entrepreneurial envoy” and “small business ambassador” for her extensive speaking, knowledge sharing and capacity-building work overseas. For twenty-five years Kerrigan’s leadership, advocacy and training work has helped foster U.S. entrepreneurship and global business growth. . Kerrigan regularly testifies before the U.S. Congress on the key issues impacting entrepreneurs, investment and the economy. She has been appointed to numerous federal advisory boards including the National Women’s Business Council, the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialog, the U.S. Treasury’s Taxpayer Advisory Panel, and the National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of U.S. Free Trade Agreements. Kerrigan chairs the newly formed Small Business Roundtable, a coalition of leading small business and entrepreneurship organizations dedicated to advancing policy, securing access and promoting inclusion to benefit the businesses at the heart of the American economy. She has written hundreds of Op-Eds and newspaper columns, and regularly appears on national television and talk radio programs. Kerrigan regularly appears on Fox Business to provide analysis and commentary on the latest economic data, what’s driving the markets, and the outlook for the economy, entrepreneurship and small business growth. Twitter – @SBECouncil