Michele Bettencourt

Over a thirty-five year career in the Silicon Valley, MB served as CEO and Director of multiple private and public companies, including Imperva and Coverity, creating more than $3B of “shareholder value.” In 2005, she received the “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Silicon Valley. She had the honor of pressing the closing buzzer at the NASDAQ as well as ringing the bell as the closing of the NYSE. MB currently sits on the board of directors of the Sam and Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth and on the board of trustees of the Fielding Graduate University. She is married to her wife of 27 years and has four grown daughters. She received her BA in English from Santa Clara University.