Xenia Ambatzoglou is a strategist, entrepreneur, and advisor focused on expanding economic opportunity and supporting the growth of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Xenia has led multiple large-scale transformation initiatives and managed cross-functional teams focused on improving customer experience, risk management, and operational performance.
She is the founder of DBA Consulting, a strategic advisory practice that works with public, nonprofit, and private sector partners to design programs that strengthen small business ecosystems, workforce development initiatives, and procurement readiness for emerging companies. Through this work, she helps organizations build practical pathways for entrepreneurs to access resources, contracts, and capital.
With her Master’s in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons School of Design, and an extensive background spanning financial services, payments, operations, and business strategy, Xenia has also taught business courses as an adjunct professor, helping students connect classroom concepts with real-world entrepreneurship and innovation.
Xenia is also the founder of 1988, a women’s empowerment apparel brand inspired by the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 — the legislation that expanded women’s access to business credit and entrepreneurial resources. The brand blends fashion and storytelling to celebrate women’s economic progress and encourage the next generation of founders to own their stories.
