Director
Office of Business Opportunities
Hudson County, NJ

Rafael Mata is the Director of the Hudson County Office of Business Opportunity, a local business services office that serves Hudson County as a direct conduit to local, state, and federal business opportunities; and, whose network of government, nonprofit and business partners provides businesses with the tools they need to grow.

Before accepting this role, he was a Grants Manager for the Hudson County Department of Family Services—managing large state and federal grants for a County Department that provided aid, social supports, and workforce training to distressed populations. He was the owner of two minority-certified small businesses and served as the leadership for a number of private and non-profit organizations; his passion for helping businesses navigate and demystify the government procurement process has resulted in a local business service office that assists Veteran businesses, as well as Minority and Women owned businesses get their first government contract opportunity or increase their capacity to take on larger work.