019 Marla Blow| multi sector athlete

MARLA’S BIO

Marla is a multi sector athlete that has built a stellar career in the private, public and philanthropic sectors. We talk often and the conversations are always engaging, thoughtful and rich - including this one.

She is an accomplished leader with a unique perspective formed at the intersection of capitalism and social impact which informs her current role as President and COO of the Skoll Foundation. Marla also sits on the boards of Square Financial Services and Etsy and previously was SVP at Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth, Founder and CEO of FS Card (sold to a strategic acquirer), Assistant Director for Card and Payment Markets at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, and held various roles in Capital One’s credit card franchise

The funding she raised at FS Card is one of the largest allocations of capital ever made to a company founded by an African American woman. This singular accomplishment led her to be one of the women featured in Vanity Fair’s 2018 “26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship”, winning the 2018 EY Mid Atlantic Emerging Company Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and being featured as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business that same year.

She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and the US Capital Chapter of YPO, and was a board member of Care.com (NYSE: CRCM, sold to IAC) and Factor Trust (sold to TransUnion). Marla holds an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

“The fact that everyone else is doing it, does not mean I have to do it”

“The common thread is my willingness to tackle things where I have no preconceived ideas and built in risk tolerance… with a common sense detector.”

MARLA RELATED LINKS

Joining Skoll Foundation

Aspen Institute Profile

Vanity Fair’s 26 Women of Color Diversifying Silicon Valley (2018)

Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business (2018)

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