Park Cofield joined the Blended Impact team in 2023. He leads New Venture research focused on projects in our Opportunity Zone portfolio, alongside supporting key national clients in design thinking and stakeholder engagement for place-based economic development.

Previously he was the Program Manager for Alive Ventures, a venture studio focused on the needs of older adults, where he co-launched and scaled nine new businesses and facilitated hundreds of hours of co-design conversations with a community of 500+ older adults. Over the past decade, Park has employed place-based approaches to develop community-based programs with partners including the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Front Porch, Cornerstone Theater Company, and more.

Park is a graduate of Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies and holds a Masters of Science in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California.