Elaine Bolle is an active angel investor, board director and advisor leading domestic and global organizations from start-ups to $750M+ enterprises. She has built and successfully exited several early stage venture backed companies including Achex, a payment processor, sold to First Data Corp. She currently focuses on early stage entrepreneurial ventures serving on several boards including RTP Capital Associates, an angel investing network in North Carolina and the Angel Capital Association. She is an Entrepreneur in Residence at First Flight Venture Center one of the nation’s largest high science incubators. She also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Dress for Success Triangle NC.
Throughout her career she has held management roles in strategic marketing and brand management, business development and sales and fund-raising, mergers and acquisitions. Her industry expertise includes financial services and consumer goods and services. Ms. Bolle was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Western Union, leading the consumer payments businesses worldwide. She was a Vice President and Senior Director of Citicorp Global Payments and at Quaker Oats, she conceived, built and managed the new wholesome snack business “Quaker Chewy Granola Bars. Ms. Bolle has an MBA and a BA from the University of Michigan.