Shirley joined Champlain Capital in December 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Champlain, Shirley served as a Director of Finance at Founders Circle Capital, a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay area. Shirley began her career in public accounting at Burr, Pilger & Mayer in both their audit and tax practices. Following this she had a variety of financial and accounting responsibilities at GMN Capital and then at Storm Ventures. Shirley received her B.S. from the University of San Francisco.