Barbara Bellissimo brings over twenty years of marketing, fundraising and entrepreneurship experience to BUILD. She’s held executive director positions at the Palo Alto Community Fund and the Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative, and led development teams at People Acting in Community Together and Opportunities Industrialization Center-West. Barbara has also consulted with many nonprofit organizations in the areas of fundraising and strategic planning, and with individuals in the areas of women’s leadership and life/career transition. Prior to entering the nonprofit sector, Barbara led marketing teams at Apple and several Internet service providers. She also co-founded Privada, an Internet privacy services company that created patented technology to allow individuals to control the dissemination of their personal information over the Internet. Barbara holds a BS degree in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of the bestselling book, Become Your Own Great and Powerful: A Woman’s Guide to Leading Your Real, Big Life.