Kim Polese

Overview

Kim Karin Polese (born November 13, 1961) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology executive. She currently serves as Chairwoman of ClearStreet Inc., a social finance startup focused on helping people eliminate debt and achieve long-term financial health. Ms. Polese is also an advocate of public policy to increase America's innovation capacity. In 2011 she was named to President Obama's Innovation Advisory Board which guided the Commerce Department's study of US economic competitiveness, delivering a report with recommendations to Congress in January 2012. In May 2012, Polese was named to the San Francisco Business Journal's list of "Most Influential Women". Ms. Polese is the recipient of the 2010 National Center for Women and Information Technology Innovator Award. Early in her career, in 1997, she made Time Magazine's list of "The 25 Most Influential Americans".