Alfa Demmellash

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Biography

Ms. Alfa Demmellash is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Rising Tide Capital. She also served as Advisor at Sovereign's Capital. She came to the United States at the age of twelve with a keen interest in poverty alleviation and conflict resolution. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2003, where she majored in Government. During her time at Harvard, her interest in conflict resolution brought her to Rwanda. Recognizing the role economic poverty played in fueling conflicts, she turned her focus to economic empowerment as a strategy to achieve peaceful societies. Named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015, she co-founded Rising Tide Capital in 2004 to empower underserved urban entrepreneurs in northern New Jersey to start and grow successful businesses. RTC's signature program is the nationally recognized Community Business Academy - an intensive business training program coupled with year-round consulting and management support, which equips entrepreneurs to better operate their small businesses.