A native of Rochester, New York, @Natalie Madeira Cofield currently serves as the President & CEO of the Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce in Austin, TX, a regional entity that focuses on economic development, supplier diversity, business and community relations on behalf of the Greater Austin African American community. Through her role, Cofield travels domestically and internationally promoting Austin for business recruitment and establishing relationships with corporate partners throughout the region. She comes to this role after gaining years of expertise in strategic planning, program development and management, public affairs and marketing for businesses, nonprofit, micro-finance/enterprise, economic development entities. Her experiences have included management roles in major global markets including: Washington, DC, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY and London, UK. Natalie is a magna cum laude graduate of the Howard University School of Business where she earned a degree in Information Systems. Cofield also obtained her Master of Public Affairs as a Pi Alpha Alpha and magna cum laude graduate of the National Urban Fellows at the Baruch School of Public Affairs in New York.