Elaine Bolle
Elaine Bolle has served as CEO, board director, and advisor, leading domestic and global organizations from start-ups to $750M+ enterprises. This includes senior management roles in strategic marketing and brand management, business development, sales, fund-raising, mergers and acquisitions.
She is an active angel investor, currently focusing on early-stage entrepreneurial ventures, including serving as:
- A founder of RTP Angel Fund
- A board director of RTP Capital Associates, an angel network and One Digital Trust, an early-stage digital estate planning platform.
- Lead venture partner for Portfolio’s Active Aging and Longevity Fund I
- Past board director and committee chair of the Angel Capital Association
- A mentor at First Flight Venture Center, one of the nation’s largest high science incubators and various other start-up programs
- An advisor to early-stage companies, assisting in strategy development, fund raising and mergers and acquisitions
Ms. Bolle’s industry expertise includes financial services, consumer goods, and services. Ms. Bolle was the SVP and GM for Western Union, leading the consumer payments businesses worldwide. She was also VP and Sr. Director of Citicorp Global Payments. At Quaker Oats, she conceived, built and managed a new wholesome snack business, “Quaker Chewy Granola Bars”.
She is also actively involved in the non-profit world. She and her husband have been supporters of Frontier Nursing for many years, including funding a scholarship. In addition, she is the Past Chair of the Board of Directors for Dress for Success Triangle NC, serving on the board for many years, and now the liaison for the Dress for Success Triangle Advisory Council.
She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her husband and her Aussie doodle. She earned BA and MBA degrees at the University of Michigan.