Maura Shenker
Employee ownership, community wealth, and the policy that shapes them.
About
I bridge strategy and impact. For two decades, I've helped communities and organizations build wealth and political power by aligning stakeholders, redesigning programs for equity, and channeling capital where it matters most.
Today most of my work happens at AllHold Capital, a $10 million impact fund that helps small business owners sell to their employees through Employee Ownership Trusts, keeping businesses, jobs, and wealth rooted in their neighborhoods. Through Maura Shenker Solutions, I consult with national organizations including EQALL Business Solutions, Make Startups Work, Prosperity Now, and the Opportunity Finance Network.
I've been both funder and recipient, policy architect and practitioner. At the SBA, I helped redesign federal programs for equity. At Temple University, I turned a struggling small business center into an award-winner that moved $21 million to underserved businesses.
I believe economic agency and democratic power are inseparable.
Rutgers Fellowship
2026–27 Prudential Foundation Applied Research Laboratory Fellow, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
Experience
- Founder and CEO, AllHold Capital (2025–present)
- Principal and Founder, Maura Shenker Solutions, LLC (2024–present). Engagements include Programs Director for EQALL Business Solutions, Program Director for the Make Startups Work Executive Fellowship, and work with Prosperity Now and the Opportunity Finance Network.
- Prudential Foundation Applied Research Laboratory Fellow, Rutgers University (2026–27)
- Instructor, International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
- Innovation and Investment Impact Fellow, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Investment and Innovation (2022–2024)
- Director, Small Business Development Center, Temple University Fox School of Business (2018–2022)
- Director, Professional Development and Food Marketing Centers, Saint Joseph's University (2016–2018)
- Vice President of Development, FINANTA (2015–2016)
Education
- PhD Candidate (ABD), Political Science, Temple University
- M.A., Political Science, Temple University
- M.S., Organization Development, Saint Joseph's University