Betsy Buckley is the straw that stirs the drink. A serially successful business executive and entrepreneur herself, for her clients she is a revenue builder with a track record of creating successful businesses, leadership transformations and measurable results.

Before founding What Matters in 1997, Betsy’s eclectic professional career was focused on driving growth and change in the criminal justice system, urban economic development, financial services and public relations. Want to know more? See her complete bio.  

Betsy’s educational background is almost as unusual as her career. After graduating from Saint Norbert College in Economics, Betsy completed graduate work in urban planning and executive education programs at the Wharton School and the University of Southern California. She also earned an advanced executive coaching certification from the Hudson Institute, considered “the Harvard of the coaching profession.”

As a half marathon runner, emerging kayaker, lover of chocolate, community leader and consummate entrepreneur, Betsy has demonstrated in her own life that sustainable growth comes from building on your strengths. Clients say she has proven over and over
again her uncanny abilities to help fuel their growth.