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 | Natalie Cofield
Director, Industry & Business Development – Washington, DC Economic Partnership
Natalie Cofield serves as the Director of Industry & Business Development for the Washington, DC Economic Partnership. She is |
responsible for managing business retention and expansion, assisting with the organization’s development and attraction efforts, and conducting industry research and economic strategy development.
Prior to joining the Economic Partnership, Ms. Cofield held a number of management positions with leading financial services and economic development corporations. Her experience includes: Program Manager for the Merrill Lynch Atlantic Fellowship Program; Special Assistant to the General Manager for the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department, where she served as the Assistant Project Manager for the Department’s Economic Development Strategy; and as an Internal Consulting Services Analyst at JPMorganChase in New York.
Ms. Cofield has spoken at the National Center for Black Philanthropists, United Negro College Fund Annual Conference and sat on Advisory Committees for the United Way Latino Scorecard and the Los Angeles High School Drop-Out Conference.
Ms. Cofield received her Master of Public Administration as a National Urban Fellow from the Baruch School of Public Affairs. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University (Magna Cum Laude), and Certification in Non Profit Capacity Building from the City of Los Angeles.
Natalie Cofield has received numerous awards, including a Certificate of Recognition from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for her work on Economic Policy in Los Angeles. In 2006, she was named one of Ebony Magazine’s “Top 30 Young Leaders Under 30."
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