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Kristy leads operations for Rev1 Ventures, the investor venture studio, providing strategic services and capital to help startups scale and corporates innovate. She supports cross-team delivery of client services – including studio programs, corporate partnerships, infrastructure (via Rev1 Labs’ innovation center), and access to investment capital. Kristy has led Rev1’s efforts to connect and engage community partners to rally around the gaps for underserved entrepreneurs.

Kristy serves on the advisory board for SureImpact, a cloud-based software platform that allows mission-driven organizations to manage, measure and communicate their unique social impact, and for non-profits entrepreneur support organization Cultivate SMB.

Prior to joining Rev1, Kristy spent her career working within multiple high-growth, venture-backed startups, helping to build their brands, organize effective teams, grow revenue and scale. She holds a BS in Journalism from Ohio University and an MBA from Ashland University.

Michelle has more than 25 years of finance, accounting, administration and investment experience in publicly traded, privately held and not-for-profit corporations, startups and multi-billion-dollar enterprises, small regional investment funds, investment advisory service firms and highly performing national funds. Michelle has served as a C-level consultant to more than 30 early-stage start-up companies since 2013.Since 2013, Michelle has provided strategic financial services to a portfolio of early stage technology companies as their contract Chief Financial Officer, advising on a number of complex financial transactions, and to an investment advisory firm as Venture Partner, supporting the investment process for Series B, C and later stage syndicated venture transactions, including due diligence, financial modeling, investment document preparation and portfolio reporting. Throughout her career, Michelle has designed, implemented and administered multiple equity-based compensation programs, including ISO qualified and non-qualified stock option programs, restricted stock, and phantom stock plans. She received the designation Certified Equity Professional (CEP), a recognized certification in the subject of equity-based compensation, from Santa Clara University. Michelle is a Certified Public Accountant in addition to her Certified Equity Professional designation, earned a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Service Sector Management from California State University, San Marcos, and an MBA from The Ohio State University.