Alma Lugtu

Alma Lugtu is a versatile businesswoman with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, sales, and law. She founded Small Steps, Big Money, a nonprofit organization, and also founded cover my bum, a startup venture that tackled the issue of clothing hemming. Her entrepreneurial ventures required her to conduct market research, write business plans, develop sales and marketing strategies, and create partnerships. Alma is an excellent sales professional and sales manager who achieves results through consultative selling. Her communication, business analysis, presentation, and listening skills are outstanding. Alma's background in law is impressive - she specialized in intellectual property and class action litigation and estate planning. With her law expertise, she managed legal teams, handled oral arguments, conducted and defended depositions, managed discovery, and drafted and filed pleadings. Alma holds a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, an Executive Education certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business, and a B.A. in English from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has also held various positions in different organizations including Exclusive Resorts, Car Toys, Minor & Brown, Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.