Betsy Wallace

Brainstormer, Business leader, Business mentor, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Explorer, Finance professional, Foodie, Idea generator, Philanthropist

Betsy Wallace is the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer for the Sundance Institute. Her career has spanned more than 35 years in strategy, finance and C-level leadership roles Previous to Sundance, Betsy was the CFO at PetSmart and SVP Finance at DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse). Her career also includes a dual role as CEO and CFO of Mainstream Energy (Solar) based in California. Betsy has held several CFO roles including TravelClick and American Skiing Company in Park City. While she and her husband lived in Singapore, Betsy was the divisional CFO for Citigroup’s Asia business development group and CFO for Hubbell International. Early in her career Betsy also held senior finance roles at Esprit de Corp and Deloitte. Betsy received her MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and her BA at UCLA majoring in Psychology. Betsy has been on several non-profit boards including People’s Health Clinic (UT), Leadership California (CA), PrimeTime (Singapore) and Habitat for Humanity (UT). She and her husband live Park City, Utah.

Independent film, freedom of speech, learning.

Finance, Independent Film, International Business, Leadership, Non-Profits, Public Companies

I grew up as a latch key kid with my two brothers with a single parent. We always called ourselves the 4 musketeers with our mom as our ring leader. Mom was a trial attorney for the Department of Justice so we learned at a young age the ramifications of right from wrong and what hard work really meant. It also taught us how to survive with limited parent supervision. But I was lucky in so many ways as our grandparents, my mom's parents, were highly educated and activists. They demanded at a early age that my brothers and I watch the evening news and be able to hold a conversation about what we heard. Sounds crazy when you understand we each started watching the news at five years old. Being the only daughter in a family that challenged & pushed and instilled creative & thoughtful thinking allowed the seeds of activism, creating change and developing environments for extraordinary results to become second nature to me. It also pushed me to work in primarily male dominated workplaces, putting me in significant "Lean In" roles at senior leadership positions around the world. As I have grown older, I have found that my desire to work hard, make a lot of money and move to the next "big thing" is being replaced with how can I make change through creating environments to challenge women to drive change and have a voice.

Art, engaging change, working to drive legislative change