Bessie Watts

Bessie Watts currently serves as Vice President at Vista Equity Partners, a position held since March 2020, where responsibilities also include serving as Executive Director and Director of the External Board of Directors Program. Prior to this, Bessie held various roles at CARE from May 2017 to March 2020, including Director of Finance and Operations, Innovation, Senior Advisor, and Innovation Fellow. Previous experience includes a Program Manager role at Liberty Mutual Insurance from October 2014 to July 2016 and multiple positions at Morgan Stanley between 2009 and 2014, culminating in a managerial role. Bessie holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, earned between 2016 and 2018, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Spelman College, along with additional education at Beijing Foreign Studies University.