Sunila Rao

She joined the foundation after ten years in the venture capital industry, where she provided administrative support to companies that invested in start-ups focused on high-tech, biomedical, and online consumer sites. She also worked in marketing communications for various firms in the software, financial, automotive, and environmental science industries.

Her background includes writing and editing marketing material, event planning, and managing proposals for restoring former military bases on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list.

Sunila earned a B.A in journalism and the natural sciences from Baylor University.