Karen Holmes Ward is the Director of Public Affairs and Community Services as well as host and executive producer of CityLine, WCVB’s award-winning weekly magazine program which addresses the accomplishments, concerns and issues facing people of color living in Boston and its suburbs. She is fluent in Spanish and resides in Dorchester, MA.ĬityLine Host and Director of Public Affairs and Community Services, WCVB Channel 5 She has been featured in Boston Magazine, Boston Business Journal, Boston Globe and Hispanic Executive Magazine.īetty obtained her JD and MBA from Northeastern University, and her BA in History from Bard College. She has received awards from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly – Circle of Excellence Award (2020), Top Women of Law Award (2012) and In-House Leader in the Law (2010) uAspire First Ones Honoree (2020) the Hispanic National Bar Association Leadership Award (2019) GetKonnected GK100: Greater Boston’s Most Influential People of Color (2018) State Street Corporation’s Community Award (2017) and Women’s Bar Association’s Pioneering Women in the Law Award (2017). She is also member of the Federal Reserve Bank’s New England Community Development Advisory Council, The City of Boston’s Supplier Diversity Advisory Council, LISC Boston’s Local Advisory Committee and The Capital Network’s Advisory Committee.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Roxbury Community College and the Board of Ambassadors of Eastern Bank. She is the co-founder and board co-chair of Amplify Latinx / Latina Circle, a non-partisan, collaborative movement whose mission is to build Latinx economic and political power in Massachusetts. She is also a co-founder of the Investors of Color Network (ICN), which is building an ecosystem of Black and Latinx accredited investors to close the racial funding gap in start-up capital, a founder member of the Coalition for an Equitable Economy, and an angel investor with Pipeline Angels and Portfolia.īetty is also involved deeply involved in the community. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest philanthropy in New England dedicated exclusively to education the Board of Directors of the Boston Foundation, one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation and the Investment Committee of Boston Impact Initiative Fund, which invests integrated capital in regenerative local enterprises. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Lahey Health, the second largest health care system in Massachusetts, and serves on the Nominating and Governance, Patient Quality and Community Benefits Committees. Betty began her legal career as a Senior Business Law Associate at Palmer & Dodge (now Locke Lord), representing start-ups, corporations and investors in financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.Īs a corporate attorney, she has extensive business and legal experience negotiating and advising companies on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, licensing transactions and strategic partnerships.
There, Betty built the company’s legal department and advised the C-suite and Board on all major business initiatives, development, and acquisitions, including the opening of a new club location and sale to Equinox.
Previously, she served as EVP, General Counsel for Sports Club/LA and Reebok Sports Club/NY, a national, luxury fitness brand acquired by Equinox Fitness. She founded Reimagine Play, a startup that offers fitness programming for children and families in Greater Boston. She oversees the organization’s legal affairs and supports board development, human resources and strategic initiatives. She is formerly the General Counsel at Compass Working Capital, a financial services non-profit that provides financial coaching and asset building programs for families with low incomes. The Boston Business Journal named Betty as one of the 2020 Power 50 – Extraordinary Year Extraordinary People, and in 2018, Boston Magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Boston.īetty is the CEO of the Boston Impact Initiative. She has over 22 years of experience advising high growth start-ups, non-profits, life sciences, technology and health and wellness companies in the areas of legal, compliance, risk management, operations and human resources. YW Boston is thrilled to induct five distinguished honorees into the Academy at our 26th Academy of Women Achievers celebration on May 25, 2021.īetty Francisco is a seasoned business executive, board director, investor and community leader.
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