{"id":11359,"date":"2026-08-03T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/?post_type=people&#038;p=11359"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:23:52","slug":"chelsea-brehm","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/meet\/chelsea-brehm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Brehm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chelsea Brehm, MBA, MPH, CGBP<\/strong>&nbsp;serves as the Northern Regional Director and Business Advisor for the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center (RISBDC). Chelsea brings more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, international business executive, and strategic advisor, having built and grown businesses across multiple industries and international markets. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Public Health (MPH), is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP), and has extensive experience in international trade, strategic partnerships, branding, product development and customer experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea advises entrepreneurs and small business owners at every stage of the business lifecycle: from startup through growth, innovation and expansion. Her areas of expertise include business strategy, branding, marketing, customer experience, international market development, and AI-enabled business productivity. She also develops and delivers practical trainings on startup business foundations, branding and marketing, strategic partnerships, and international business helping Rhode Island businesses build stronger, more competitive, and more resilient organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":11361,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"peoplegroups":[49],"class_list":["post-11359","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","peoplegroups-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/11359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/11359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11362,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/11359\/revisions\/11362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"peoplegroups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/peoplegroups?post=11359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}