Venture Partner, Chief People Officer at Samsara BioCapital · Joined 2022
View Live Interactive Profile →Betsy Santos joined Samsara BioCapital in 2022 as the firm's Chief People Officer, and her current title on the firm's team page is Venture Partner, Chief People Officer. The firm states she brings over 25 years of experience building teams. Before Samsara she was Principia Biopharma's Senior Vice President, People from 2014 through the company's acquisition by Sanofi in 2020 for $3.7B. Her earlier experience includes Human Resources roles at CV Therapeutics, Cepheid and Genentech. At Samsara she leads internal HR functions and partners with portfolio companies on HR matters including leadership coaching. She received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis.