Purpose Future Fellow - Emerging Fund Manager
Jaime Gloshay
Co-Director, Native Women Lead
Jaime Gloshay is Co-Director and co-leads key efforts in access to capital, fund design, partnership and advancement while leading program design, international development, and data/evaluation oversight for Native Women Lead.
Jaime Gloshay is working as a Purpose Futures Fellow to incubate the Matriarch Revolutionary Fund (MRF). The MRF is the United States’ first impact investment fund focused specifically on Native womxn-owned businesses through a rematriation lens. MRF will invest directly into three types of Native womxn-led businesses: early growth, established, and transformational. Investments may come in the form of loans, revenue-based investments, or forgivable loans/recoverable grants.
Jaime Gloshay is Co-Director and co-leads key efforts in access to capital, fund design, partnership and advancement while leading program design, international development, and data/evaluation oversight for Native Women Lead. Jaime also worked with Roanhorse Consulting, LLC to co-design and develop initiatives on economic inclusion and ecosystem building. She provides design and implementation support for Nusenda’s Co-Op Capital program, NWL’s Matriarch Response Loan Fund, and the Indigenous Womxn’s Fund. Jaime serves on UpTogether’s Board of Directors, Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap working research group, is a SHEEO Activator, and an Advisor for Angels of Impact. Jaime is a certified coach focusing on leadership and healing for Indigenous women and is currently working toward certification to teach on the “Trauma of Money.” Jaime is co-building a community of practice focused on international Indigenous impact metrics with Raven Indigenous Capital, Canada’s Indigenous Innovation Initiative, and Australia's National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. In the fall of 2021, Jaime will participate in the NM Women of Color Leadership Initiative. Prior to her current efforts, Jaime developed and led Accion’s Native American Lending program. In 2010, she led the Navajo Nation’s Decennial Census, managing a budget of $7M and a workforce of 3,600. Additionally, Jaime has held management positions at Gap Inc., Alaska Airlines, and Enterprise Holdings. Jaime holds a BA in Native American Studies & Political Science and an MPA in Public Management. Jaime is a citizen of the Navajo, White Mountain Apache, and Kiowa Nations and mother of three residing in Tiwa Territory. She enjoys hiking, being on her ancestral homelands, and reading to restore.
Jaime is a 2018 Opportunity Finance Network Fellow, 2020 Boston Impact Initiative Fellow, 2020 National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development “40 under 40” award recipient, and the 2019 Angel Tank, Audience Choice Award Winner. In 2019, Jaime was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico to lead the tribal subcommittee for State of NM Census Complete Count Commission which activated and leveraged an $11.5M state investment to ensure a complete count. Jaime was also one of twenty five individuals selected nationally to attend the 2020 Transform Finance Institute for Social Justice Leaders.