Arturo Noriega

Arturo is the Founder and CEO of Centro Community Partners (Centro), an Oakland-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering underserved entrepreneurs and promoting economic opportunity and equity. is an author and social impact leader with over 30 years of work experience as a nonprofit leader and management consultant. As the author of “In Pursuit of a Noble Cause, A Social Justice Leadership Journey”, he provides a perspective on community-based innovation, racial equity, and social justice in nonprofit development. He specializes in economic development, strategy, risk management, finance, and organizational change management. In 2023, he was a visiting social entrepreneur at the Centro of Social Innovation at Stanford University. He earned a Leadership Certificate from the Stanford School of Business, an MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, and a BA in Economics and a concentration in Finance from the Haas School of Business of U.C Berkeley.