Author - Mihai Patru

Mihai Pătru is the Executive Director of Caravanserai Project, a California- based mission-driven venture focused on providing business training and access to capital to underserved minority entrepreneurs. He also serves on the 2022 Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility Task Force supported by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.

Prior to joining Caravanserai Project, he served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at University of California Riverside. He started his professional career as a diplomat with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has studied international public policy at the School for Advanced International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, international relations at Central European University in Budapest, and Arabic Language at the University of Bucharest.