Dr. Marlene Orozco

Lead Research Analyst at Stanford University

Marlene Orozco is the Lead Research Analyst at the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business and CEO of Stratified Insights, a research consulting firm. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Stanford, a Master’s in Education Policy and Management from Harvard, and a BA from Stanford. As a mixed methods researcher by training, Marlene has over 250 hours of in-depth interview experience and quantitative expertise in big data.  

Through her public scholarship, Marlene’s research has been featured in over 100s of media outlets including Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Forbes, NBC News, CNN en Español, and Univision, among others. Marlene is the lead editor and co-author of an academic volume, Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship, has written academic publications in peer-reviewed journals like Small Business Economics, Social Science Quarterly and Qualitative Sociology, and authored several industry reports and research briefs. She has been previously named 40 Under 40, Top Young Professionals by Silicon Valley Business Journal and presented the Stanford Community Impact Award by the Stanford Alumni Association.  

Marlene’s work is guided by her passion for education and economic equity and exploring pathways of mobility for immigrants, women, and entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. As a founding board member of CRESER Capital Fund and an Illumen Capital Ambassador, she regularly coaches and provides expertise to reduce systems-level bias facing women and people of color who are entrepreneurs, fund managers, or in the finance industry.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Gavin Dillingham

Executive Advisor at SLB

Dr. Mark Fedkin

Renewable Energy Programs, Penn State University

Dr. Marlene Orozco

Lead Research Analyst at Stanford University

Dr. Scyller Borglum

Vice President for WSP USA’s Underground Storage Market

Dr. Shah Ardalan

President of Randolph Community College

Jason Stevens

Director of Hydrogen Project Development and Execution - EDP Renewables

Mr. Imad Barake

CFO of Airswift

Mr. Kevin Moscon, JD

Attorney at Vinson & Elkins

Mr. Stuart Broadley, MSc

CEO at Energy Industries Council

Mrs. Betina B. Brandon

Director of Workforce Development with Entergy

Mrs. Maricela Raider

Financial Controller at U.S. Silica Company

Mrs. Melody van Denzen, JD

Attorney at ConocoPhillips

Mrs. Sonia Clayton, MS

President and CEO of VIP-Global

Ms. Kathy Khuu

Global Head of Responsible Business at Shell International

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Derek Jun

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Dr. Madeline Burillo-Hopkins

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Ernesto Muñoz

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Maria Landa

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Mariana Uzcategui, MBA

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Michael McQuade

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Molly Pryor, MBA

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Mr. Jesse Johnson, MBA.

Department of Labor

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Mr. Sam Wilhelm, MS

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Mrs. Elena Subia Melchert, MS

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Mrs. Raquel Costa

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Mrs. Terry H. Stringer

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Ms. Patricia Cassell

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Ms. Rakhi Oli

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Seth Hawkins, MS

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Vincent Cox

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Mr. Aaron Boyce

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Mrs. Victoria Gerber, PE, MEng

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Mr. Tyler Lindsay

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