Sophie Konuwa is an instructor and trainer for Small Business Management classes and SBDC workshops. As a business consultant since 1993 and the Director of the NEC Small Business Development Center at Butte College (SBDC) since 1998, Sophie's expertise includes business consulting in financial analysis, loan proposal, business plan preparation, business management, marketing and international trade.
Konuwa developed, organized, implemented, and managed the international trade program for the NEC Small Business Development Center at Butte College (SBDC) for three years. In a previous position as assistant and analyst for debt service and fiscal policy in West Africa, Konuwa provided financial analytical services for monetary and fiscal policies at the Ministry of Finance in Monrovia, Liberia. She has worked at JCPenney Corporate Office in analytical and management positions, and have managed businesses in Butte & Glenn Counties. She also worked with analysts from international organizations including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and analysts from foreign governments throughout the world. She holds a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from Appalachian State University in North Carolina and a master's degree in management from Cardinal Stritch University in Wisconsin.
E-mail: Konuwaso@butte.edu
NEC SBDC at Butte College (SBDC) Business Consultants have experience in a wide variety of industries. Through their vast knowledge, expertise and experience, they can help you face the obstacles business owners encounter in establishing, developing, managing and growing their businesses; and have the capacity to assist entrepreneurs with implementing "best practice" methods into their existing and start-up businesses that have and continue to result in success.
Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties
