Betsy Atkins

She is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Baja Corp, a venture capital investment firm, that she founded in 1993.

[citation needed] Atkins co-founded Interlan, an Ethernet network controller card systems company.

In 1989, she co-founded Ascend Communications and served as a board member and their Global CRO and EVP marketing and services.

[citation needed] Atkins released her first book, Behind Boardroom Doors: Lessons of a Corporate Director in 2013, which was intended to offer practical advice for those who serve on the boards of global, complex enterprises.

[citation needed] Atkins has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance as a Corporate Governance expert commentator.

Atkins has commentated on the role of the CBS board and its special committee review of Les Moonves.

[citation needed] Atkins was a panelist speaker at the 2018 Nasdaq Advancing Women Leaders in the Boardroom conference.

[citation needed] Atkins received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.