Luz Urrutia

Chief Executive Officer
Opportunity Fund

Luz Urrutia is CEO of Opportunity Fund, the nation’s leading nonprofit lender to small businesses. She is a recognized financial services pioneer and an executive with a track record of leading organizations through change, bringing new solutions to market, investing in small businesses’ futures, raising capital, and driving scale. Her career has been focused on financial services and serving underserved populations—from unbanked/underbanked immigrants to small business owners. Previously, Luz was Vice President of Retail Sales & Service at Oportun, Co-Founder and President/Chief Operating Office at El Banco de Nuestra Comunidad, and Managing Director at Wachovia Bank.

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