Betsy Salkind is a comedian, writer and activist. In 2005, she played a key leadership role in the passage of PROTECT's California Circle of Trust bill.

Ms. Salkind began her stand up career in Boston, and is now a regular at NY's Comic Strip and LA's Comedy Store. She has appeared on "Girls Night Out," "Stand-Up, Stand-Up," "ARLI$$," "Pet Shop with Andy Kindler," and the "TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO."

She was a staffwriter for "SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL" and "ROSEANNE" (the sitcom), and was also a joke-writer for Anthony Robbins.

She has written and performed 3 one woman shows to date, including "ALL MY LIFE" (the darkest comedy this side of hope), "MASTER OF SCIENCE" (an irreverent look at science and scientists), and most recently "ANNE FRANK SUPERSTAR: THE ETHEL SPILIOTES STORY" (a satire of Anne Franxploitation).

She graduated from MIT with a BS and a Master's degree from the Sloan School of Management. Her master's thesis was titled: "Can't You Take A Joke? A Study of Sexual Harassment Among Peers." The database from this ground-breaking study belongs now to the Murray Research Center at Harvard/Radcliffe. Preferring the security of the arts, she left her career as a Federal Reserve Bank Examiner to become a comedian.

She served on the Boards of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and was the founder and long time (9 years) chair of the SAG/AFTRA/Writers Guild of America Comedians Caucus, where she was instrumental in organizing in cable, helping to gain first contracts at Comedy Central and BET.