K. Shelly Porges is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global consortium of venture funds that tackles the gender funding gap. She is also a successful serial entrepreneur and investor as well as a global entrepreneurship advocate. Ms. Porges is the former Senior Advisor, Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) at the U.S. State Department, a program she expanded to almost 150 countries, under Secretary Clinton.