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Business mastermind, CEO Velma Trayham on entrepreneurship and faith

Velma Trayham is a CEO and leader in the Valley.

Velma Trayham

She serves on over 21 boards and committees and is the founder of two consulting firms; Velma Trayham is an emerging entrepreneur and a voice for women and African Americans in the business world.

Born into poverty to a teenage mother, Trayham had dreams of being the first in her family to be a self-made business owner and leader in the Arizona community.

“My title might be CEO, but God is my CEO and I am just the overseer,” she says.

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