As network builder for both U.S.SourceLink and KCSourceLink, Maria established a resource network that connects entrepreneurs with more than 140 business-building organizations throughout the bistate, 18-county Kansas City region. The model is now being used in regions and states nationwide as part of the larger U.S.SourceLink network. Maria, like the network she leads, is entrepreneurial about being entrepreneurial. She has more than 20 years of experience in creating successful companies in the high technology, biotechnology, manufacturing and museum industries.