President, Chief Executive, Valley Economic Alliance
Blake is charged with facilitating economic development in the San Fernando Valley region, which includes more than 2 million residents and more than 160,000 companies. Prior to her tenure at the Alliance, she served as director of community business in Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Economic Development. She was also the chief executive of the National Association of Women Business Owners – Los Angeles; director of the Office of the Small Business Advocate (under former Gov. Gray Davis); assistant dean of the USC Roski School of Art & Design and director of corporate giving at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Blake earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from UCLA.
