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The Impact You'll Make
Lead the vision and execution of programs that help families break cycles of financial instability. Your strategic guidance shapes workshops, coaching programs, and financial literacy initiatives that give people the tools to build wealth and economic security.
What You'll Do
- Provide strategic direction for all financial education programming across EEIC
- Oversee planning, coordination, and quality of workshops and coaching initiatives
- Partner with committee members and budget coaches to ensure programs meet real community needs
- Identifygaps in financial education services and develop solutions
- Represent the financial education pillar in cross-program planning and community partnerships
- Support volunteer recruitment and onboarding
What You'll Gain
- Leadership visibility as a voice in DC's financial empowerment movement
- Networking with financial professionals, nonprofit leaders, and community advocates
- Professional development in program strategy and nonprofit leadership
Who Thrives in This Role
- 3 + years of experience
- Passionate about financial equity and community economic development
- Strategic thinker who can balance big-picture vision with practical execution
- Collaborative leader comfortable working with diverse stakeholders
- Committed to culturally responsive financial education
Time Commitment: Approximately 4-6 hours per month (includes planning meetings, program check-ins, and strategic coordination)
The Impact You'll Make
Shape the entrepreneurial ecosystem that launches and sustains small businesses in our community. Your leadership drives the Blueprint Incubator, Generator Program, masterclasses, and EEIC's annual conference, creating pathways for entrepreneurs to turn ideas into thriving businesses.
What You'll Do
- Provide strategic leadership for all small business and entrepreneurship programming
- Ensure alignment across Blueprint, Generator, Deep Dives, and conference initiatives
- Support program facilitators and cultivate relationships with mentors, speakers, and ecosystem partners
- Identifyopportunities to strengthen EEIC's entrepreneurship support infrastructure
- Lead collaboration with business development organizations and economic development partners
- Support volunteer recruitment and onboarding
What You'll Gain
- Recognition as a thought leader in DC's small business ecosystem
- Direct access to emerging entrepreneurs and established business leaders
- Opportunities to expand your professional network across industries
Who Thrives in This Role
- Successful entrepreneur or small business development professional
- Deep understanding of the challenges facing small business owners
- Connector who naturally builds relationships and opens doors
- Committed toequitableaccess to business resources and capital
Time Commitment: Approximately 4-6 hours per month (includes strategic planning, facilitator support, and partner cultivation)
The Impact You'll Make
You're the organizational backbone that allows entrepreneurs to focus on building their businesses. Your attention to detail and proactive coordination ensure every Blueprint participant has a seamless, professionally run experience from day one through graduation.
What You'll Do
- Manage all operational and administrative aspects of Blueprint Incubator cohorts
- Handle participant onboarding, scheduling, attendance tracking, and communications
- Coordinate with CO.STARTERS to order program materials and access digital resources
- Ensure facilitators and participants have everything needed for successful sessions
- Track program milestones andmaintainorganized records
- Serve as first point of contact for participant questions and logistical support
What You'll Gain
- Behind-the-scenes exposure to proven business incubatormethodology
- Relationships with entrepreneurs and business leaders across industries
- Project management experience in a high-impact nonprofit program
Who Thrives in This Role
- Exceptionally organized with strong attention to detail
- Proactive communicator whoanticipatesneeds before they become problems
- Comfortable juggling multiple priorities and deadlines
- Energized by supporting others' success
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-4 hours per week during active cohorts (8-12 weeks), 1 hour per week during off-season planning
The Impact You'll Make
Connect entrepreneurs with the right expertise at the right time. You create the relationships that transform Blueprint from a program into a true business development ecosystem, matching participants with mentors who accelerate their growth and speakers who expand their thinking.
What You'll Gain
- Direct relationships with successful business owners and industry experts
- Insight into effective mentorship practices and entrepreneur development
- Network expansion across DC's business community
What You'll Do
- Serve as primary contact for all Blueprint mentors and guest speakers
- Match participants with mentors based on business stage, industry, and specific needs
- Coordinate mentor and speaker scheduling, preparation, and follow-up
- Collect bios, contact information, and prepare speaker briefs
- Support mentors throughout cohorts with resources and guidance
- Ensure clear communication between mentors, speakers, participants, and the EEIC team
- Cultivate ongoing relationships with mentors for future cohorts
- Coordinate logistics for weekly sessions and the culminating event.
Who Thrives in This Role
- Natural connector who builds authentic relationships quickly
- Skilled at asking the right questions to understand needs and make smart matches
- Organized communicator who keeps multiple conversations moving forward
- Passionate about the power of mentorship and knowledge sharing
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per week during active cohorts (8-12 weeks), 1-2 hours monthly for ecosystem cultivation
The Impact You'll Make
Your real-world business experience becomes someone else's competitive advantage. Through one-on-one and small-group mentoring, you help entrepreneurs avoid costly mistakes, make better strategic decisions, and build the confidence to take their businesses to the next level.
What You'll Do
- Provide guidance, feedback, and practical insights to Blueprint participants or EEIC community members
- Support entrepreneurs with business strategy, decision-making, and accountability
- Help participants refine and strengthen business pitches forshowcasesand funding opportunities
- Draw from your own entrepreneurial journey to provide authentic, relevant advice
- Meet with mentees regularly (frequencydeterminedby participant needs and your availability)
What You'll Gain
- Personal fulfillment from directly shaping entrepreneurial success stories
- Fresh perspectives on business challenges that sharpen your own strategic thinking
- Expanded network of emerging entrepreneurs and fellow business leaders
Who Thrives in This Role
- Active business owner with real-world entrepreneurial experience
- 5 + years of experience
- Generous with knowledge and genuinely invested in others' success
- Skilled at asking powerful questions that unlock new thinking
- Comfortable with ambiguity and helping entrepreneurs navigate uncertainty
Time Commitment: Approximately 1-2 hours per month per mentee (flexible scheduling based on your availability). This may increase during pitch competition events.
The Impact You'll Make
Share your hard-won expertise with entrepreneurs hungry to learn. Your focused sessions on specific business topics give participants practical tools, real-world insights, and actionable strategies they can implement immediately in their businesses.
What You'll Do
- Deliver targeted presentations or workshops on your area of businessexpertise
- Share practical tools, frameworks, and best practices entrepreneurs can use right away
- Answer participant questions andprovidereal-world examples from your experience
- Connect your topic to the broader business-building journey
- Make yourself available for brief follow-up questions when possible
What You'll Gain
- Platform toestablishthought leadership in your area of expertise
- Practice refining and sharing your knowledge with engaged audiences
- Networking opportunities with entrepreneurs and other business leaders
Who Thrives in This Role
- Deepexpertisein a specific business domain (marketing, finance, operations, sales, legal, HR, etc.)
- Able to translate complex concepts into accessible, actionable guidance
- Engaging presenter comfortable with interactive discussion
- Willing to share both successes and lessons learned
Time Commitment: Approximately 1-2 hours for session preparation and delivery, 1-2 sessions per cohort based on availability
The Impact You'll Make
Give young entrepreneurs a professional program experience that matches their ambition. Your coordination and communication efforts ensure Generator participants have the structure, resources, and visibility they need to launch their first business ventures with confidence.
What You'll Do
- Manage alllogisticsand communications for the Generator youth entrepreneurship program
- Handle participant communications, scheduling, and program coordination
- Support basic promotion through announcements, social media content, and program updates
- Track attendance, milestones, and participant progress
- Coordinate with facilitators to ensure smooth session flow
- Help amplify participant successes and program visibility
What You'll Gain
- Direct impact on the next generation of entrepreneurs
- Experience in youth program management and nonprofit communications
- Relationships with educators, youth advocates, and community partners
Who Thrives in This Role
- You have emerging communications experience. College students are welcomeapply.
- Organized communicator with an encouraging, youth-friendly approach
- Comfortable with light promotional content creation (social media, emails, updates)
- Excited about entrepreneurship education for young people
- Reliable and responsive to participant and facilitator needs
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per week during active program sessions, 1 hour per week for promotion and follow-up
The Impact You'll Make
Lead the flagship event that brings DC's economic empowerment community together. Your leadership creates the space where entrepreneurs find their next big opportunity, job seekers connect with employers, and community members access the resources that change their economic trajectory.
What You'll Do
- Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for EEIC's annual conference
- Oversee planning timelines, budget management, and committee coordination
- Serve ascentral pointof accountability for event success
- Lead creation of program booklet and attendee materials
- Coordinate promotion with EEIC partners and Kingdom Fellowship CDC
- Make key decisions on event programming, format, and experience
- Lead post-event debrief and capture lessons learned
What You'll Gain
- High-visibility leadership role in DC's economic development community
- Event management experience at scale (typically 200-500 attendees)
- Networking with business leaders, nonprofit executives, and community stakeholders
Who Thrives in This Role
- 5 + years of experience
- Experienced project manager comfortable leading complex initiatives
- Strategic thinker who can balance vision with practical execution
- Natural leader who brings out the best in volunteer teams
- Calm under pressure with strong problem-solving skills
Time Commitment: Approximately 5-8 hours per month during the planning phase (6 months pre-event), 10-15 hours during event month
The Impact You'll Make
Create the visual and experiential environment that makes EEIC events memorable and meaningful. Your design vision transforms spaces into engaging experiences that reflect EEIC's brand, honor attendees, and set the tone for connection and learning.
What You'll Do
- Lead all visual and experiential design elements for EEIC conferences and major events
- Develop overall aesthetic direction, including color schemes, signage, and branded materials
- Design stage setup, room layouts, backdrops, and environmental graphics
- Collaborate with Conference Lead to align design with event goals and attendee experience
- Coordinate with vendors on the execution of the design vision
- Ensure consistent brand representation across all visual touchpoints
What You'll Gain
- Portfolio-building opportunity with high-profile community events
- Creative freedom to shape memorable event experiences
- Relationships with event vendors and venue partners
Who Thrives in This Role
- Strong visual design sense with experience in event environments
- Strategic thinker who connects design decisions to event objectives
- Collaborative creative who takes direction and offers innovative solutions
- Detail-oriented with the ability to execute designs through vendor relationships
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-5 hours per month during the planning phase, 8-10 hours during event month for final execution
The Impact You'll Make
Curate the conversations that spark new thinking and drive action. Your work brings together diverse voices and perspectives, creating panel discussions that give attendees practical insights, fresh ideas, and the inspiration to take their next step.
What You'll Do
- Oversee planning and execution of all conference and program panels
- Identifyand invite panel speakers aligned with event themes and audience needs
- Manage speaker outreach, confirmations, and follow-up communications
- Coordinate preparation calls to brief panelists and ensure a strong discussion
- Draft panel questions and discussion guides that drive engaging conversation
- Support room setup andlogisticson event day
- Ensure smooth panel execution, including timing, Q&A, and transitions
What You'll Gain
- Access to thought leaders and experts across multiple industries
- Experience in content curation and event programming
- Network expansion with speakers, moderators, and community leaders
Who Thrives in This Role
- Strong networker comfortable reaching out to and coordinating with professionals
- Skilled atidentifyingcompelling speakers and creating balanced panels
- Organized communicator who manages multiple moving pieces simultaneously
- Strategic thinker who crafts discussion questions that go beyond surface level
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-5 hours per month during planning phase (3-4 months pre-event), 6-8 hours during event month
The Impact You'll Make
Transform event logistics into seamless attendee experiences. Your vendor coordination ensures every detail works, from catering that fuels meaningful conversations to AV that amplifies powerful messages, creating the infrastructure for impactful events.
What You'll Do
- Coordinate all external vendors, including catering, AV, space rentals, and materials providers
- Obtain quotesand support the vendor selection process
- Ensure vendors understand event needs, timing, and EEIC/KGCDCexpectations
- Serve as primary vendor contact for questions and coordination
- Manage vendor load-in, setup, service, and breakdown schedules
- Troubleshoot vendor issues on event day
- Supportvendor payments and reconciliation
What You'll Gain
- Vendor management experience applicable to any event or business context
- Relationships with trusted DC-area event vendors and venues
- Behind-the-scenes understanding of what makes large events successful
Who Thrives in This Role
- Detail-oriented negotiator comfortable managing contracts and budgets
- Strong communicator who sets clear expectations and follows up consistently
- Problem-solver who stays calm when vendors face challenges
- Relationship builder who creates partnerships, not just transactions
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-4 hours per month during planning phase, 8-12 hours during event month including event day
The Impact You'll Make
Tell the story of EEIC's impact through data. Your evaluation work captures the real outcomes of programs, demonstrates value to funders and partners, and helps EEIC continuously improve how it serves the community.
What You'll Do
- Lead evaluation efforts across all EEIC programs
- Develop and implement pre- and post-program data collection tools
- Track participation metrics, demographic data, and outcome indicators
- Create simple monthly or program-based reports for staff and stakeholders
- Identifytrends and insights that inform program improvements
- Ensure data collection processes are sustainable and user-friendly
- Maintainorganized evaluation systems and databases
What You'll Gain
- Nonprofit program evaluation experience with real-world applications
- Understanding of how economic development programs measure success
- Data analysis skills development in a mission-driven context
Who Thrives in This Role
- Comfortable with data collection, analysis, and basic reporting
- Detail-oriented with commitment to accuracy and consistency
- Able to translate data into accessible insights for non-technical audiences
- Passionate aboutdemonstratingnonprofit impact and continuous improvement
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-5 hours per month, with increased time during major program launches or evaluation periods
The Impact You'll Make
Connect displaced and transitioning workers with their next opportunity. Your curation of quality job listings becomes a lifeline for people navigating economic uncertainty, helping them move from unemployment to meaningful work that supports their families.
What You'll Do
- Oversee EEIC's online job board, ensuring current, relevant, high-quality listings
- Post curated job opportunities provided by EEIC leadership
- Independently research and add new job listings aligned with community needs
- Regularly review and remove expired or filled positions tomaintainaccuracy
- Develop brief monthly summary highlighting job trends, featured opportunities, and workforce insights
- Support EEIC communications team with job board promotion and outreach
What You'll Gain
- Insider knowledge of DC-area labor market trends and employer hiring patterns
- Relationships with employers, workforce development organizations, and job seekers
- Experience in workforce development and community employment services
Who Thrives in This Role
Has experience in recruiting and maintaining career postings and publications.
- Knowledgeable about job markets, hiring practices, and employment trends
- Strong researcher who canidentifyquality opportunities efficiently
- Detail-oriented with commitment to keeping information current
- Empathetic to challenges facing displaced and transitioning workers
Time Commitment: Approximately 1-3 hours per week (includes research, posting, review, and monthly summary)
The Impact You'll Make
Be the guide someone needs during a pivotal moment in their professional life. Your coaching helps people gain clarity on their career direction, build confidence in their abilities, and take strategic action toward roles that align with their goals and values.
What You'll Do
- Provide one-on-one or small group career coaching to EEIC participants
- Support people navigating career planning, job transitions, and professional growth
- Help clientsidentifystrengths, clarify goals, and develop actionable career strategies
- Provide guidance on resumes, interviewing, networking, and job search tactics
- Offer accountability and encouragement throughout the career transition process
- Connect clients with relevant resources and opportunities when appropriate
What You'll Gain
- Direct impact on individuals' economic mobility and family stability
- Coaching skills development with diverse client populations
- Understanding of workforce challenges facing DC-area job seekers
Who Thrives in This Role
- Experienced professional with deep understanding of career development
- Skilled listener who asks powerful questions and provides honest feedback
- Knowledgeable about current job market, hiring practices, and career pathways
- Patient and encouraging with people facing setbacks or uncertainty
Time Commitment: Approximately 1-2 hours per week per client (flexible scheduling based on client needs and your availability)
The Impact You'll Make
Build the coaching infrastructure that helps families achieve financial stability. Your leadership ensures budget coaches are well-prepared, well-supported, and effectively matched with community members who need practical financial guidance.
What You'll Do
- Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteer budget coaches across EEIC programs
- Ensure coaches receive orientation, resources, and ongoing support
- Match coaches with participants based on needs, availability, and coaching approach
- Manage scheduling and coordinate coachinglogistics
- Monitorcoaching relationships and provide guidance when needed
- Track coaching outcomes and support program evaluation efforts
- Cultivate ongoing relationships with active coaches
What You'll Gain
- Leadership experience in volunteer management and program coordination
- Deep understanding of financial coaching and behavior change strategies
- Relationships with financial professionals and community advocates
Who Thrives in This Role
- Organized leader comfortable recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers
- Understanding of personal finance and basic budgeting principles
- Strong matcher who connects the right coach with the right participant
- Committed to financial equity and removing barriers to economic security
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-4 hours per month (includes coach support, matching, and coordination activities)
The Impact You'll Make
Help families gain control of their finances, often for the first time. Your guidance on basic budgeting and financial management gives people the confidence and tools to make better money decisions, reduce financial stress, and work toward their goals.
What You'll Do
- Provide one-on-one basic budgeting and financial guidance to individuals and families
- Help clients understand income, expenses, and create realistic spending plans
- Support participants in setting financial goals and tracking progress
- Offer practical strategies for managing debt, reducing expenses, and building savings
- Provide encouragement and accountability throughout the coaching relationship
- Connect clients withadditionalfinancial resources when appropriate
What You'll Gain
- Personal fulfillment from helping families achieve financial stability
- Experience applying financial principles in real-world, diverse contexts
- Understanding of systemic barriers to financial security
Who Thrives in This Role
- Solid understanding of personal finance and budgeting fundamentals
- Non-judgmental approach to people's financial situations and choices
- Patient teacher who can explain concepts in accessible ways
- Culturally responsive and aware of diverse financial circumstances
Time Commitment: Approximately 1-2 hours per month per client (flexible scheduling based on client needs and your availability)
The Impact You'll Make
Expand the web of support available to EEIC entrepreneurs. Your relationship cultivation connects small business owners with partners, advisors, funders, and resources that accelerate their growth and increase their chances of long-term success.
What You'll Do
- Cultivate relationships with business support organizations, advisors, and community partners
- Identifycollaboration opportunities that benefit EEIC entrepreneurs
- Connect entrepreneurs with relevant ecosystem resources and opportunities
- Represent EEIC at community business development events and convenings
- Track and share information about funding opportunities, business resources, and support programs
- Help strengthen partnerships that enhance EEIC's small business programming
What You'll Gain
- Central rolein DC's entrepreneurship and economic development ecosystem
- Relationships with business leaders, funders, and economic development professionals
- Strategic perspective on small business support landscape
Who Thrives in This Role
- Natural networker who builds genuine, mutually beneficial relationships
- Understanding of small business challenges and support ecosystem
- Strategic thinker whoidentifieswin-win collaboration opportunities
- A connector who actively makes introductions and opens doors
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per month (includes relationship cultivation, event attendance, and resource sharing)
The Impact You'll Make
Create welcoming, well-run events where attendees can focus on learning, connecting, and taking action. Your frontline support ensures every person who walks through the door feels valued and has everything they need for a positive experience.
What You'll Do
- Welcome attendees and provide friendly, helpful first impressions
- Manage room flow and guide people to appropriate spaces
- Assistwith event setup and breakdown
- Distribute materials, answer directional questions, and providegeneral support
- Help troubleshoot minor issues and escalate concerns when needed
- Ensure events feel organized, professional, and inclusive
What You'll Gain
- Access to EEIC events, speakers, and programming
- Networking opportunities with attendees and community leaders
- Event operations experience with nonprofit conferences and programs
Who Thrives in This Role
- Friendly, service-oriented individuals who enjoy helping others
- Reliable team players comfortable with hands-on event support
- Flexible and calm when unexpected situations arise
- Excited about EEIC's mission and community impact
Time Commitment: Event-specific (typically 3-6 hours on event day, with possible brief pre-event orientation)
Featured Speaker
The Impact You'll Make
Inspire and educate through your entrepreneurial story and expertise. Your insights during fireside chats, masterclasses, and deep dives give entrepreneurs the wisdom, encouragement, and practical guidance they need at critical moments in their business journey.
What You'll Do
- Share powerful insights from your entrepreneurial experience or ecosystem leadership
- Participatein fireside chats, deliver masterclass content, or lead deep-dive sessions
- Draw from personal journey or collective experiences of entrepreneursyou'vesupported
- Engage with audiences through authentic storytelling and practical wisdom
- Answer participant questions and provide real-world perspectives
What You'll Gain
- Platform to share your story andestablishthought leadership
- Direct impact on emerging entrepreneurs' confidence and strategic thinking
- Networking with business community and program participants
Who Thrives in This Role
- Experienced business owner or ecosystem leader with compelling story to share
- Authentic communicator comfortable with storytelling and Q&A format
- Willing to share both successes and lessons learned from failures
- Passionate about supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs
Time Commitment: 1-2 hours for session preparation and delivery (1-3 sessions per year based on program needs and availability)
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Skills Trainer
The Impact You'll Make
Equip job seekers with in-demand skills that open employment doors. Your training gives people practical, marketable abilities they can use immediately to secure better jobs, advance in their careers, and achieve economic stability.
What You'll Do
- Lead job readiness or technical skills training classes for EEIC participants
- Develop and deliver curriculum in your area of expertise
- Provide hands-on instruction that builds practical, applicable skills
- Assess participant progress and adapt instruction to learning needs
- Connect skills training to real-world job requirements and opportunities
- Support participants in building confidence in their new capabilities
What You'll Gain
- Teaching experience with adult learners from diverse backgrounds
- Direct impact on workforce development and economic mobility
- Networking with workforce development organizations and employers
Who Thrives in This Role
- Subject matter expert in job-relevant technical or professional skills
- Effective instructor who can break down complex concepts
- Patient and encouraging with learners at different skill levels
- Understanding of current workforce needs and employer requirements
Time Commitment: Varies by training program (typically 2-4 hour sessions, 1-6 week programs depending on skill area)
EEIC Space Scheduler
The Impact You'll Make
Keep EEIC's programs running without conflict or confusion. Your coordination ensures every workshop, coaching session, event, and meeting has the space it needs, creating the logistical foundation for effective program delivery.
What You'll Do
- Coordinate scheduling and use of EEIC program spaces across all initiatives
- Manage space calendars and room assignments
- Communicate with program leads about space availability andlogistics
- Resolve scheduling conflicts and find solutions when spaces are overbooked
- Ensure rooms are prepared appropriately for different program needs
- Track space usage patterns to inform future planning
What You'll Gain
- Overview of all EEIC programming and initiatives
- Project coordination experience in nonprofit operations
- Relationships with staff and volunteers across all program areas
- [SPACE FOR BUSINESS EXPOSURE/RECOGNITION BENEFITS]
Who Thrives in This Role
- Exceptionally organized with strong attention to detail
- Clear communicator who prevents problems through proactive coordination
- Diplomatic problem-solver when conflicts arise
- Reliable and responsive to scheduling requests
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per week (consistent throughout the year with peaks during major programming periods)
The Impact You'll Make
Shape programs from the ground up. Your participation in planning committees ensures EEIC offerings are relevant, high-quality, and responsive to real community needs. Your voice helps determine what programs are offered, how they're delivered, and who they serve.
What You'll Do
- Participatein committee meetings to design and plan programs (specific responsibilities vary by committee)
- Contribute ideas,expertise, and feedback on program development
- Assistwith topic selection, speaker/facilitator coordination, and logistics planning
- Support curriculum development and program evaluation
- Help with event-daylogisticsand participant engagement
- Provide subject matterexpertiserelevant to the committee's focus area
What You'll Gain
- Behind-the-scenes involvement in program strategy and design
- Networking with other professionals passionate about community impact
- Experience in nonprofit program development and planning
Who Thrives in This Role
- Collaborative team member who contributes ideas and follows through on commitments
- Subject matter knowledge or a strong interest in the committee's focus area
- Strategic thinker who connects program design to participant outcomes
- Reliable and engaged in committee work between meetings
Time Commitment: Approximately 2-3 hours per month (includes committee meetings and individual tasks)
