Liz Sara has more than 25 years of experience in the local high-tech community as an entrepreneur, business leader and angel investor. Since founding Best Marketing LLC in 2001, she has consulted with more than 90 early stage and growth-stage tech companies on their go-to-market strategies, delivering increased revenue, market adoption and brand awareness for their B2B products and solutions. She previously co-founded and grew an eCommerce software company to $25 million when it was sold.

In July 2018, she was appointed Chairman of the Board of the National Women’s Business Council, a federal agency that advocates for female founders. She is immediate past Board Chair of the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship at U-MD where she is an adjunct Marketing Professor at the Smith School of Business. She mentors startup CEOs at the leading DMV incubators and accelerators. She is a frequent author and conference speaker on topics related to entrepreneurship and business.