Blair Shane serves as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Sequoia Capital since September 2013. She has been an Associate Dean and Chief Marketing Officer at Stanford Graduate School of Business since January 2011. She was a Chief Marketing Officer at California Academy of Sciences, a Consultant at Kao and Co, Vice President, Marketing Planning and Integration and Chief of Staff to Chief Marketing Officer at Charles Schwab. She was a Marketing Director at Questium, Brand Manager at Time Dance, Assistant Marketing Manager at General Mills. She was a Management Trainee at The Franklin Templeton Group of Funds at July 1993 – August 1995. She was also a Founder and Development Chair at Hands on San Francisco. She holds a MBA in Marketing, Negotiation, Public Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History from The Johns Hopkins University.