smixon21@nul.org

Sheila A. Mixon is Senior Vice President of the Business Development & Entrepreneurship Department for the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio (ULGSO) where she provides vision, leadership, organizational governance and strategic direction for the department. The Department programs include the SBDC (Small Business Development Center), the Economic Empowerment Center (AABDP) and WBEC ORV (Women’s Business Enterprise Council Ohio River Valley), where she serves as its Executive Director. WBEC ORV is a certifying entity for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

Ms. Mixon has 41 years in business development experience; the financial services industry and not-for-profit organizations. During her time with ULGSO she has garnered many awards and recognition for her work with small business owners. Through her leadership, the SBDC was selected by the SBA Columbus District as the Small Business Development Center of Excellence and Innovation Award recipient for 2012. In 2011, was selected as the SBA Minority Business Champion. She was awarded the 2016 Women’s Business Champion by NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners, 2016 Women of Excellence and the establishment the Sheila A. Mixon Women’s Entrepreneurial Start-up Fund by the Women of Color Foundation.  In 2017 Sheila was recognized as a Women of Color 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee and 2017 Women of Influence Awardee. Was honored as a 2019 YWCA Career Women of Achievement honoree, awarded the Entrepreneurship Center Program Champion by the National Urban League and most recently, recognized by DiversityPlus Magazines as a 2020 Top 25 Women In Power Impacting Diversity.

Ms. Mixon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (concentration Finance) from The Ohio State University.