About Our Founder & CEO
Betsabe “Betsy” Castro (she/her) is a people strategist who partners with organizations to ensure financial sustainability, operational excellence, and agile organizational growth. An accountant by trade, Betsy began her career in public accounting and auditing and continued her path in various corporate financial roles for major corporations such as McGraw-Hill and Villeroy & Boch. Being a first generation, immigrant Latina, in 2011 Betsy co-founded New World Preparatory Charter School - a charter school which provides a high quality education to English Language Learners. That experience paved the way for a future career in progressive leadership roles with respected organizations like Princeton University and Princeton-Blairstown Center, where she managed operating and capital budgets ranging from $1.1M to $3.2B and led teams ranging from one employee to over 20.
After spending over 25 years working in finance and operations, Betsy understands what truly drives and motivates people. Her work in nonprofit leadership earned her the 2020 Harold L. Conover Leadership Award from her alma mater, Rider University, for exhibiting exemplary leadership qualities in a nonprofit organization. Betsy holds an MBA in Finance and a B.S. in Accounting from Rider University. In her free time, she enjoys cooking for her loved ones, traveling the globe with her husband, enjoying delicious wine, reading jaw dropping novels, and caring for the abundance of wildlife in her yard.
Betsy is the Founder & CEO of Castro Concepts Consulting. She provides Fractional CFO services to our clients and takes pride in helping mission-driven organizations balance sustainable financial operations with social impact.