Betsy C. Bell
Executive Assistant and Office Manager
Betsy Bell is an Executive Assistant for Tidal Basin and is responsible for providing comprehensive support to the CEO and executive team. She also serves as the Office Manager for Tidal Basin’s Alexandria, VA location and is responsible for office administration and logistics in this role.
Betsy joined Tidal Basin in 2018 and has over 30 years of administrative support experience. Before joining Tidal Basin, she spent 17 years supporting a Maryland-based venture capital firm and four of its eight general partners.
In addition to Betsy’s primary functions, she has been boots-on-the-ground, supporting some of our nation’s largest disasters and crises, including supporting Florida’s COVID-19 pandemic vaccine program and supporting Florida’s Hurricane Ian and Hawaii’s Maui wildfire response emergency operations stand-ups.
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