Linda Harasin, MBA
BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Linda Harasin joined the Orange County Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in spring of 2007. As a business consultant, she presents training seminars on various business-related topics and provides one-on-one consultation services to small business owners interested in launching a business or taking an existing business to the next level. 

With almost 20 years of combined experience in the small business community, television broadcasting industry, and public relations agencies, Ms. Harasin stands ready to share her expertise in business planning and development, financing, public relations and marketing. She returns to the Orange County SBDC having previously served in its Entrepreneur Training Institute in the late 1990s. 

Ms. Harasin is also an adjunct instructor for Santa Ana College where she teaches business communications, marketing, business planning, and small business management. She also teaches a variety of business classes through California State University, Fullerton; Saddleback College; and Rancho Santiago Community College District.

She has served as the Orange County executive director for American Women’s Economic Development Corporation, and as director of the alumni network for the University of Phoenix and its California campuses. Recently, she received the Woman in Business Champion Award of 2007 presented by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Ms. Harasin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Communications from Wayne State University in Michigan, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.