Betty Salanic

Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Accelerate Investors

Moderator

Betty Salanic is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Accelerate Investors and the CIO Conversations Podcast host. Accelerate Investors supports building strategic partnerships for institutional investors, develops educational investment content, and creates high-quality peer-to-peer engagement opportunities. On the CIO Conversations Podcast, she interviews leading chief investment officers of endowments, foundations, and pensions on their backgrounds, investment portfolios, and global outlook. Formerly, Betty conducted research and due diligence on multi-million dollar private equity and venture capital investments for Rice University’s ~$8 billion endowment. Previously, she was at an impact investment fund, Root Capital, in investor relations - raising capital from foundations, government agencies, and socially responsible investors. Betty began her career as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in New York. Betty graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance and a BS in Corporate Communication. In addition, she studied abroad in Milan at Bocconi University and in Hong Kong at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she studied international economics and finance, and emerging markets, respectively. Betty is a New York Junior League member, one of the oldest non-profit organizations in New York City.