Claudia Viek
Chief Executive Officer
cviek (at) microbiz (dot) org
Claudia Viek has been CEO of CAMEO since 2007.
Claudia has been a pioneer in both the Micro Enterprise and business incubation fields in California. She is the former Executive Director (14 years) of the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center. Renaissance is an award winning training, financing and business incubation program in San Francisco. Claudia served on the Board of the National Business Incubation Association and founded the Pacific Incubation Network of business incubators from Baja to Alaska.
Claudia is the past President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NAWBO and continues to serve on numerous nonprofit boards in her community.
Shufina English
Director of Programs and Operations
senglish (at) microbiz (dot) org
Shufina English joined CAMEO in 2009 as the Director of Programs and Operations. She is responsible for directing the operations of the organization as well as managing several programs including CAMEO’s ¡Viva! Las Microempresas and the California Self-Employment Tax Initiative.
Before joining CAMEO Shufina worked as a business broker between US Manufacturers, and South American textile factories where she became a specialist in sustainable, organic, and fair trade business practices. An entrepreneur at heart, Shufina started her own Micro Enterprise in 1997 to support her love of dancing! Visit Camp Swing.
Heidi Pickman
Communications Director
hpickman (at) microbiz (dot) org
Heidi Pickman joined CAMEO in 2011 to develop and manage CAMEO’s communication and advocacy activities. Before joining CAMEO, she directed earned media activities for two California ballot initiatives and campaigned successfully to include clean energy provisions in the economic stimulus package of 2009. In her former career as a radio journalist, she produced national public radio programs including Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report. She has a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Tufts University and a C. Phil. in Economics from UCLA. She loves anything to do with Spain and dabbles in the fire arts.
Susan Brown
CAMEO Rural Consultant
Susan Brown is a Business & Community Development Specialist with a specific focus on Rural Areas. CAMEO engaged Susan to implement our Rural Initiative in 2008. Through her consulting service Susan provides strategic planning, facilitation, program development and grant writing services to non-profit organizations and government agencies as well as consulting services to small business owners.
Richard Harmon
Senior Director, Northern California
Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Richard Harmon joined TPA in January. Most recently Richard was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007 as the Legislative Deputy for Caltrans, where he served as the liaison between the Governor’s Administration and the State Legislature and Congress on transportation issues. He has worked extensively with Small Business Development Centers and the federal Economic Development Administration to help businesses in struggling and hard-hit areas of the State.