M. Persia Oliver is an entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in starting, managing, and growing businesses. She is the Chief Financial Officer of Odyssey IP, a nonprofit dedicated to education, health, entrepreneurship, and community empowerment, and the Founder of Star Bright Services and Starco Construction LLC.
Her impact has been honored with the Jewel of the Community Award (2024), Corporate Award from AACCNJ (2019), Women on the Rise Award (2017), Shirley Chisholm Award for Public Affairs (2016), Live Doll Project Award (2016), Top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity (2014), Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs of NJ (2013), a City of Newark Resolution (2011), and the Heartbeat of America Award (2008).
She lives by the words: “Only he that can see the invisible can do the impossible.”