Marla Blow

Marla Blow is the President and Chief Operating Officer, Skoll Foundation. Previously, she was the Senior Vice President, Social Impact North America, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. She was also the founder and CEO of FS Card, a startup credit card company, and served as a Partner with Fenway Summer. Marla was part of the Implementation Team to stand up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and ultimately served as the Assistant Director for Card and Payment Markets, where she shaped the CFPB’s regulatory priorities in these markets. Prior to joining the CFPB, Marla spent seven years in a variety of functions at Capital One in the credit card business. She is a Henry Crown Fellow and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network as well as a member of the U.S. Capital Chapter of YPO. She previously served on the Board of Directors of FactorTrust, a provider of underbanked consumer data, analytics, and risk scoring solutions and Care.com, the world’s largest online marketplace for finding and managing family care. Marla holds an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.