New Social Enterprise Coordinator Joins CSNPEI!
Meet Amir Zuccolo, our new Social Enterprise Coordinator!
Amir recently joined the non-profit sector, working for Bike Friendly Communities and Gran Fondo PEI. With Bike Friendly Communities, she was responsible for developing their strategic fundraising plan to create a diversified revenue stream to bring operational stability. This included the launch of the first bike valet service at the City of Charlottetown’s Canada Day celebrations at Victoria Park which is a promising start of a social enterprise for BFC.
Amir is traditionally trained as an Organic Chemist with a BSc from UBC and a PhD from the University of Calgary. Following a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in a neuroimmunology lab in Oklahoma City, she re-located to PEI where she spent a year teaching in the Chemistry Department at UPEI. Following that she spent a few years working in the local biotech sector, before starting her own company, AffinityImmuno, with her business partner. Through owning and growing the business, she has first-hand experience in financial management, growth and strategic planning, and securing non-dilutive funding.
Amir has been hired by CSNPEI to develop an incubator for social entrepreneurs in PEI. She will be developing a curriculum covering essential topics (business planning and impact measurement), hosting workshops, and connecting social entrepreneurs with industry experts and mentors among other things.
If you are interested in social entrepreneurship for your organization and have specific suggestions, please reach out to her at: azuccolo@csnpei.com