Meet our Board Members

Agnes Talamantez Carroll is the President and CEO of Agnes Talamantez Carroll & Associates LLC, a minority, woman-owned and entrepreneurial training resource for small businesses. She brings with her extensive business management and administration experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors and has owned and operated several private companies over a period of 30 years, including a management consulting/training firm and a marketing group.

With over 30 years of experience in small business development, Agnes’ expertise includes financial literacy education and training for the socially and economically disadvantaged.

Ms. Talamantez Carroll was the Vice President of the Business Development Centers for Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc. Agnes has also worked in a training consultation capacity for Moneygram International providing coaching and workshops and has delivered FDIC approved financial literacy training in the Western U.S. to low-income populations.  

Agnes gained national recognition in 1995 when First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visited her classroom at Mi Casa Resource Center for Women in Denver (a non-profit organization that empowers Latino families to achieve lasting economic stability) to observe a best practice small business training and peer lending program in progress — the only one of its kind at the time in the country. In 2000, Agnes was awarded the “Women in Business Advocate of the Year” by the United States Small Business Administration and The Denver Business Journal also honored her with their prestigious “Outstanding Woman in Business” award that same year.

Notably in 2006, the Archdiocese of Denver and Centro San Juan Diego (a Hispanic Institute for Family and Pastoral Care), awarded her with the “La Madrina Award” — the “Godmother” of the Hispanic community – for her education and training work with Hispanic immigrants to help integrate them into American society. Also in 2006, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver, the largest minority chamber in the western region of the U.S, recognized her work by awarding her with the “Bernard Valdez Hispanic Heritage Community Service Award.” She was awarded the prestigious “Minority Enterprise Week Advocate of the Year 2009”, and again in 2010, at a regional and national level. Additionally, she was chosen to represent her professional community in the 2010 Edition of “Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals.” Also in these same two years, she was a finalist for the “Hispanic Adult Leadership Award” given by the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club. For 10 years she produced and hosted a radio program, “¡Arriba Mi Negocio!” which aired each week on KBJD 1650AM, Radio Luz, where she was known as “Doña Inéz.” 

Ms. Carroll is also certified by FastTracks and was a contributing author of the NXLevel Entrepreneurial Training Curriculum developed by the University of Colorado, where she interned under Dr. Robert Horn in Community Economic Development.  Agnes brings with her extensive experience in training, motivational speaking and innovation, together with her passion for best business practices, and her personal mission to empower others.