Karla Renschler

As Director of Small Business Research, Karla designs and leads FinRegLab’s initiatives to explore innovations in lending to small businesses with the goal of increasing access to financial services. She brings extensive experience as a researcher across non-profit, management consulting and private sector roles. Prior to joining FinRegLab, Karla worked in small business card lending at Capital One designing credit policies and products tailored to the needs of subprime small business owners and startups. She is passionate about the role of technology in closing gaps in the small business financial ecosystem and has first-hand knowledge of the challenges banks and other lenders face in implementing innovations in underwriting. Karla holds a bachelor's degree in political science and global studies from UCLA.