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`Marc is the Chairman and Chief Executive O㿙◂cer of Salesforce, an on-demand information
`management service, founded in 1999. Salesforce has grown to be a technology leader in cloud
`computing and has consistently ranked in Business Week’s top 100 Innovative Companies. Prior to
`founding Salesforce, he worked at Oracle for thirteen years. President George Bush appointed Marc
`as the Co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, on which he served
`from 2003 to 2005. He also served as a Campaign Co-Chair to President Obama’s 2012 re-election
`campaign. Marc lives in San Francisco with his wife Lynne.
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`MARC BENIOFF
`Chairman and CEO | Salesforce
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`Shelby is the Managing Director of Allen & Co. Prior to Allen & Co, he was the CEO of Whiskey Media,
`an online publisher that builds topic-based websites. Shelby made his mark by co-founding CNET in
`the early nineties. Before CNET, Shelby worked for Tiger Management Corporation, Lynx Capital, and
`Morgan Stanley. Shelby is the cousin of Matthew Barzun, Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Shelby
`lives in San Francisco with his wife Carol.
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`SHELBY BONNIE
`Managing Director | Allen & Co.
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`JON KAPLAN
`Founder and CEO | The Melt
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`Jon is the CEO of the Melt, a chain of fast casual restaurants based in San Francisco. Jon founded the
`Melt in 2011. Prior to this, he founded Pure Digital Technologies, creator of personal video player Flip
`Video, that was subsequently purchased by Cisco. In 2008, Jon was named one of the 25 Most
`In鋝諙uential People on the Web by Businessweek. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for
`POPSUGAR Inc. Jon lives in San Francisco with his wife Marci, with whom he established the Open
`Field Entrepreneurs Fund at Carnegie Mellon University, which provides early-stage 铳磙nancing and
`support to recent Carnegie Mellon alumni.
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`Read our interview with Jon here.
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`Charley is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Rocket Lawyer, a long-time entrepreneur, and a
`legal commentator. Charley has been at the forefront of Internet corporate development since
`beginning his career as an attorney at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, California in 1996. While
`practicing at Venture Law Group, he participated in the early-stage representation of Yahoo! (IPO),
`WebTV Networks (acquired by Microsoft) and Cerent Corporation (acquired by Cisco Systems) and
`was the founder of Onstation Corporation (acquired by The Cobalt Group). He served as a U.S. Naval
`o㿙◂cer and is a Gulf War veteran. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Northern
`California Public Broadcasting Corporation (KQED) and the UC Berkeley School of Law, among other
`organizations. Charley resides in San Francisco with his wife Monique and their three children.
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`CHARLEY MOORE
`Founder & CEO | Rocket Lawyer
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`Shervin is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Sherpa Global, a newly-minted startup foundry and fund,
`and a venture adviser at Menlo Ventures. He was a managing director at Menlo from 2011 to 2013.
`He has worked closely with the teams at Uber (where he is a strategic adviser), Fab, Warby Parker,
`Cinemagram, Getaround, Poshmark, and led Menlo’s investment in Tumblr. He helped launch the
`Menlo Talent Fund, Menlo’s $20m seed fund, in September 2011. Prior to joining Menlo, Shervin was
`chief application o㿙◂cer and GM at Mozilla after a career as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor.
`He founded Webs.com, Social Gaming Network, and Hypero㿙◂ce. He has angel invested in over 40
`companies including Taskrabbit, Klout, Milo.com, Aardvark, Socialcam, Blackjet, Science, Dollar Shave
`Club and Rapportive. Shervin serves on the advisory board of Comscore.
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`Rusty is a co-founder of T4A.org. He is a proli铳磙c startup advisor and investor, and serves on a number
`of corporate and philanthropic boards (including ours!). He was CEO of SNOCAP through the sale of
`the company to imeem, Inc. in 2008. He also served as EVP, HR at Electronic Arts (EA); during his
`tenure, EA was named one of the “100 Top Places to Work For” by Fortune magazine. Rusty and his
`wife Patti are dedicated patrons of the arts; Rusty is President of the GRAMMY Foundation, and the
`Patti and Rusty Rue傛 School of Visual and Performing Arts at Purdue University is named for them.
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`Read our interview with Rusty here.
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`SHERVIN PISHEVAR
`Co-Founder and Co-CEO | Sherpa
`Global
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`RUSTY RUEFF
`Co-Founder | T4A.org
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`Miller is the Managing Director at Triad Capital Partners. He previously was the President & CEO of
`GR Nano Materials, and before that was the VP for Technology Planning, Acquisition, and Evaluation
`and Global R&D Strategies at Boeing Phantom Works, the enterprise-wide R&D business of The
`Boeing Company (think Lockheed’s Skunk Works). Most recently, he was GC and EVP for Corporate
`A傛airs at Integral Systems, Inc., the world leader in satellite command and control systems. Miller
`holds a BA from Seattle University and a JD from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now
`Seattle University School of Law). He also holds U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance.
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`R. MILLER ADAMS
`Managing Director | Triad Capital
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`John is a Co-Founder of RPX Corp., and has been its Chief Executive O㿙◂cer since March 2010. He
`served as the General Manager of Strategic Acquisitions and Vice President of Licensing at Intellectual
`Ventures (IV), responsible for strategic acquisitions of patent portfolios as well as developing the
`software and e-commerce licensing programs. He also served as Managing Director and founded the
`M&A Advisory practice for Ocean Tomo. Prior to Ocean Tomo, John served as Vice President and
`Secretary at InterTrust Technologies, where he worked on intellectual property transactions, merger
`and acquisition activities, and late-stage 铳磙nancing activities. He started his career as an associate at
`Weil Gotshal & Manges, where his practice included mergers and acquisitions, equity investments,
`venture capital 铳磙nancings, intellectual property licensing, and patent litigation. He has been a
`Director of RPX Corporation since July 2008.
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`JOHN AMSTER
`CEO and Co-Founder | RPX Corporation
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`Luis is a Founder and Managing Director at Hattery and Director of Open Innovation (venture
`investing) at Samsung Electronics. He was born and raised in Peru, and came to the U.S. to study
`engineering through the Fulbright program. Prior to founding Hattery, Luis held a number of senior
`roles at Google; in 铳磙nance, product and business development, where he worked on products such
`as advertising syndication, billing and payments, vertical search, social and gami铳磙cation. In addition,
`Luis led investments at Google.org, managing a large portfolio in cleantech, emerging web, and big
`data. Before Google he was a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, head of engineering operations at a
`startup, and an engineer at Black and Veatch. He was recently appointed as an Entrepreneur in
`Residence with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, where he works on changing visa rules
`to help more foreign-born entrepreneurs start businesses in the United States. Luis studied
`engineering at the University of Kansas and the Universidad Catolica in Peru, and has an MBA from
`the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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`LUIS ARBULU
`Director of Open Innovation (venture
`investing) | Samsung
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`DAVID BEITEL
`CTO | Zillow
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`David is the Chief Technology O㿙◂cer at Zillow. In this role, he manages the Technical Engineering
`team and is responsible for all website, mobile and internal product development, corporate IT, and
`datacenter operations. Previously, David was one of the initial members of the Expedia team, and
`held many leadership roles in product development during his 10-year tenure there. David began his
`career as a software design engineer in 1992, and before his Expedia years, David worked at
`Microsoft in the handheld computing group. David is a recognized leader in the tech industry and
`was named as Puget Sound Business Journal’s Most Innovative CTO in 2012. David lives in Seattle
`with his wife and kids.
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`Read our interview with David here.
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`Erik is the Founder and Principal of Cotton Mountain Group, through which he makes angel
`investments in technology start-ups and invests in real estate. He is also Managing Director at The
`Presidio Group, which he joined to create the Silicon Valley Team, advising entrepreneurs and tech
`leaders with their investments whether managed by Presidio or direct. Erik has more than 25 years of
`business experience raising funds, launching businesses, and developing strategies. He has spent the
`majority of his career working in leadership positions with technology companies innovating new
`ways of doing business. Erik holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard
`Business School. He is Chairman of the Board of CUPP Computing (mobile data security company),
`and sits on the Boards of Uformia (3D software company), and Summer Search.
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`ERIK CHRISTOFFERSEN
`Founder & Principal | Cotton Mountain
`Group
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`Ron has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner
`of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal,
`Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail. Ron has served or serves on the Boards of Twitter, Digg,
`Brightmail, Ask Jeeves, Facebook, RockYou, ScanScout, Zappos, Trulia, StumbleUpon, and Anchor
`Intelligence (co-founder). Ron was named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top “deal-makers” in
`2008 and is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. Ron is Vice Chairman of the UCSF
`Medical Foundation in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect,
`and on the Bene铳磙t Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Blacked Eyed Peas-
`PeaPod Academy Foundation.
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`RON CONWAY
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`John is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft, and reports to Brad Smith, General
`Counsel. In his role, John serves as Chief of Sta傛 and manages the O㿙◂ce of Legal Compliance and the
`O㿙◂ce of Strategic Relations, and devotes substantial time to international competition law and policy
`issues. Prior to joining Microsoft, John practiced law in San Francisco with Skadden, Arps, Slate,
`Meagher & Flom (1988-1994) where he specialized in securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and
`cross-border investments, and with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcli傛e (1985 – 1997). John lives in Bellevue,
`Washington with his wife Delia Jampel; they have three children.
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`Read our interview with John here.
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`Josh Fryday is currently the Chief Operating O㿙◂cer (COO) for NextGen Climate Action, founded by
`Tom Steyer. Prior to this role, Fryday served as a Lieutenant and member of the Judge Advocate
`General’s Corps (JAG) in the United States Navy (’09–’13). He served overseas in Yokosuka, Japan,
`where in addition to his legal duties, he augmented the Navy’s 7th Fleet’s Humanitarian Aid and
`Disaster Relief e傛orts during “Operation Tomodachi” following the March 11th earthquake, tsunami,
`and nuclear disaster. He was also stationed in the O㿙◂ce of Military Commissions, working on the
`Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detainee cases, and testi铳磙ed before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on
`the closing of Guantanamo. Before serving in the Armed Services, Josh worked as a political advisor
`on local, state and national campaigns, including the 2003-2004 Presidential elections. He received
`his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He
`also received his law degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law. He is a fellow with the Truman
`National Security Project, and a Term-Member on the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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`JOHN FRANK
`VP and Deputy General Counsel |
`Microsoft
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`JOSH FRYDAY
`Chief Operating O㿙◂cer | NextGen
`Climate Action
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`Paresh is the co-founder and CEO of 2020 Company, which primarily focuses on providing the highest
`quality information technology and business solutions for one primary purpose: to enhance the
`performance of Government and commercial enterprises. Prior to 2020, Paresh was an investor and
`operations director at a boutique consulting 铳磙rm in Chicago, where he directed all corporate
`engineering and operations e傛orts in addition to being responsible for the de铳磙nition of service
`positioning and marketing. The 铳磙rm was then acquired by a publicly traded Fortune 500 company.
`Earlier in his career, Paresh was a senior network analyst at Zurich Insurance, where he was
`responsible for network design, product evaluation, implementation and operation. Paresh lives in
`Chicago.
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`PARESH GHELANI
`Entrepreneur
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`RICHIE GOLDMAN
`Co-founder | Men's Wearhouse
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`Richie is the co-Founder of Men’s Wearhouse (now retired). He is widely recognized as the marketing
`mastermind of MW, from his insistence on using TV as the main form of advertising as far back as
`1975, to his careful nurturing and managing of the MW brand and image as the company expanded
`from one part of the country to another. In January of 2009, Richie released his book,
`Certain Success in an Uncertain World. The book, aimed at the children of Baby Boomers, received
`praise from educators, fellow authors, and reviewers. It won “Best General Non-Fiction” at the San
`Francisco Book Festival in 2009 and was a Finalist in the Self-Help: Motivational category at the
`National Best Books 2009.Richie graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in English.
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`Read our interview with Richie here.
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`Ashley is Senior Vice President of Governmental A傛airs and Chief Legal O㿙◂cer at Hyperion
`Therapeutics, a biotech company developing therapies to address “orphan or underserved patient
`populations.” Before assuming her role at Hyperion, she served as the Vice President of Corporate
`Development and the Chief Legal O㿙◂cer at 23andMe. Prior to joining 23andMe in April 2007, Ashley
`was Vice President of Legal A傛airs at CoTherix, Inc. Previously, she was an associate with the law
`铳磙rms of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Ashley attended UC Berkeley
`(boo! –Sam) and the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is a native of San Francisco!
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`Read our interview with Ashley here.
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`ASHLEY GOULD
`SVP Governmental A傛airs and Chief
`Legal O㿙◂cer | Hyperion Therapeutics
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`Jim Greer is the founder of Counterpac, a non-pro铳磙t organization dedicated to campaign 铳磙nance
`reform. Previously, Jim was the CEO of Kongregate, a web and mobile platform that combines over
`75,000 games with achievements, pro铳磙les, and virtual goods and other community features.
`Kongregate reaches over 15 million unique visitors who spend 35 million hours per month there.
`Kongregate was acquired by GameStop in 2010 and operates as an independent subsidiary. Before
`founding Kongregate in 2006, Jim was Technical Director at Electronic Arts. He holds a Computer
`Science degree from Princeton. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Daphne Keller and two
`children.
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`Read our interview with Jim here.
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`Doug is the President and CEO of Binwise, a company focused on creating solutions for the
`distribution and tracking of wine, beer and spirits. He has more than 20 years of operational
`experience holding senior-level positions in the telecom, Internet, and technology space. Most
`recently, Doug spent 10+ years as Managing Partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Prior to
`Hummer Winblad, Doug was CEO of Critical Path. He was also President and CEO of Global Center,
`one of the 铳磙rst and largest providers of advanced web hosting. After selling Global Center to Frontier
`Communications in 1998, Doug was named President of Frontier Global Center and Executive Vice
`President of Frontier Communications Corporation. Currently, Doug is on the Boards of BinWise,
`Plug Power Inc (NSDQ PLUG), Lunera Lighting and Siena College. Doug received a B.S. in economics
`from Siena College and lives in San Francisco with his family.
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`Robert Hohman is Co-Founder and Chief Executive O㿙◂cer of Glassdoor, the jobs and recruiting
`community helping people 铳磙nd jobs and companies they love. Before creating Glassdoor, Robert was
`most recently President of Hotwire, a leading discount travel site and division of Expedia, Inc. He was
`also one of the original team members of Expedia, a company designed to bring greater
`transparency to the travel industry, and was part of the executive team that took it public in 1999.
`Robert started his career at Microsoft and worked as a software developer in a range of areas from
`Windows 95 to interactive television to online games. Robert is currently on the board of directors of
`Glassdoor and OpenTable, an online real-time restaurant-reservation service. He also serves on the
`U.S. Economic Development Administration’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and
`Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Robert holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in computer science from
`Stanford University.
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`JIM GREER
`Founder | Counterpac
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`DOUG HICKEY
`President & CEO | Binwise
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`ROBERT HOHMAN
`Founder & CEO | Glassdoor
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`Ben is the founder and CEO of Cheezburger, Inc., which he formed after he acquired I Can Has
`Cheezburger? in 2007, and grew it into one of the largest humor networks in the world — while
`making a pro铳磙t during one of the deepest recessions. Cheezburger has been credited with bringing
`Internet culture and memes to the mainstream. Ben credits the success of his company to the users
`and fans who create the content. His goal, and Cheezburger’s mission, is to make the world happy for
`5-minutes a day. Ben is also a co-founder of Circa, a startup that is trying to rede铳磙ne how we
`consume news.
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`Read our interview with Ben here.
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`Joe Hurd currently serves as the Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for the Gannett
`Company, Inc. Additionally, Joe is currently the Managing Partner of The Katama Group, LLC, a
`consulting 铳磙rm that provides international expansion and strategic advisory services to start-up
`companies. Previously, Joe provided policy guidance at the Department of Commerce for the Trade
`Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), and served on the White House Business Council. He has
`also served as a political appointee in the Obama Administration. Before entering public
`service, Joe spent ten years in senior business development and international sales/operations
`positions for AOL Time Warner, Friendster and VideoEgg, and practiced corporate and securities law
`in London with Linklaters, a British law 铳磙rm.
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`BEN HUH
`CEO | Cheezburger
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`JOE HURD
`Vice President of Strategy & Business
`Development | Gannett
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`Scott was the co-founder and Chairman of Kaspick & Company, the nation’s leading provider of
`planned gift investment, administration and program support services to charities nationwide.
`Kaspick & Company has o㿙◂ces in Redwood Shores, California and Boston, Massachusetts and
`manages over $6 billion of assets for clients, primarily for planned gifts, but also for small
`endowments and individuals. Scott’s role included advising clients on investment management and
`other related issues and leading the strategic planning e傛ort for the 铳磙rm. On October 1, 2006 the
`铳磙rm became a separate operating division of TIAA-CREF. Prior to founding Kaspick & Company, Scott
`was Associate Treasurer at Stanford University and a member of the University’s endowment
`management team from 1983-1989. Scott lives in Menlo Park, California with his wife Susan
`Termohlen.
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`SCOTT KASPICK
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`FRED KHOSRAVI
`Managing Partner | Incept, LLC
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`ED LAZOWSKA
`Computer Science & Engineering
`Professor | University of Washington
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`Fred is is the Managing Director of Incept LLC, a health sciences and technology development
`company. Incept focuses on the unmet needs in the medical device industry and then creates
`valuable medical device companies from these needs. Fred is a Silicon Valley medical device
`entrepreneur who has co-founded eight medical companies and held senior management positions
`in both large and small enterprises. He is either the author or co-author on over 40 issued or 铳磙led
`patent applications, involving unique and novel medical devices. Fred lives in Mountain View,
`California, with his wife Flora.
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`Read our interview with Fred here.
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`Ed is the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of
`Washington in Seattle. He also founded and directs the University of Washington eScience Institute.
`Ed’s national leadership activities include serving as Co-Chair (with Marc Benio傛) of the President’s
`Information Technology Advisory Committee from 2003-05, and as Co-Chair (with David E. Shaw) of
`the Working Group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to review the
`Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program in 2010. He
`also has served as Chair of the Computing Research Association (1997-2001), Chair of the NSF CISE
`Advisory Committee (1998-99), Chair of the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group
`(2004-06), and Founding Chair of the Computing Community Consortium (2007-13), as well as serving
`on a large number of National Academies study committees. A long-time advocate for increasing
`participation in the 铳磙eld, he serves on the Executive Advisory Council of the National Center for
`Women & Information Technology.
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`Read our interview with Ed here.
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`Dawn is a senior communications and social marketing strategist and counselor with experience
`working for large multi-national Fortune 500 companies, technology start-ups, and not-for-pro铳磙t
`organizations. With 20 years experience in marketing, branding, PR and public a傛airs, Dawn has
`created her own communications consultancy, o傛ering clients access to a cross-section of expertise
`and services, tapping into a network of stellar pros worldwide. Dawn has a proven track record
`running global communications departments and programs, helping companies create value
`propositions and go-to-market strategies that generate international attention, taking companies
`public (Zillow 2011 IPO) and navigating companies through reputational and life-threatening
`operational crises.
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`DAWN LYON
`Founder | LyonSHARE Communications
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`RICK MARINI
`Founder & CEO | BranchOut
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`CRAIG NEWMARK
`Founder | craigslist & craigconnects
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`SEAN PARKER
`Managing Partner | Founders Fund
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`Rick is the Founder and CEO of BranchOut, the largest professional network leveraging the Facebook
`social graph. BranchOut has over 800 million searchable professional pro铳磙les for job seekers,
`recruiters and sales professionals. Prior to founding BranchOut, Rick was the Founder & CEO of
`SuperFan, a pro铳磙table social entertainment site. Before that, he was the co-founder, CFO & Chief
`Strategist for Tickle.com, which was one of the largest social media sites with 200 million registered
`users. Rick is an active angel investor & advisor to 25 start-ups. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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`Read our interview with Rick here.
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`Craig is the customer service representative and founder of craigslist, the popular online classi铳磙eds
`site, and craigconnects, his personal Web-based initiative to stand up for organizations “getting stu傛
`done” in areas Craig is passionate about. These include Veterans and military families, open
`government, public diplomacy, back-to-basics journalism and fact-checking, consumer protection,
`and technology for the public good. He recently joined the VA Center for Innovation as “Nerd-in-
`Residence.” He serves on the boards of Sunlight Foundation, OneVoice, FactCheckED, and VotoLatino.
`Craig lives in San Francisco with his wife Eileen.
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`Read our interview with Craig here.
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`Sean is a managing partner at the Founders Fund, a venture capital 铳磙rm. Previously, Sean co-founded
`Napster and changed how people think about and share music. Two years later, he co-founded
`Plaxo, pioneering viral engineering technology for updating contact information. Sean served as
`Plaxo’s president until 2004, when he joined with Mark Zuckerberg to develop the online social
`network Facebook, where he served as its Founding President. In 2007, Sean co-founded Causes,
`which promotes on-line philanthropy; in 2010, he joined Airtime as a co-founder, reuniting with
`Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning at a social video company. Sean lives in San Francisco with his
`wife Alexandra.
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`Ali is an angel investor, entrepreneur and co-founder of Code.org, a non-pro铳磙t foundation dedicated
`to growing computer programming education. Ali founded code.org with his brother, Hadi, who lives
`in Seattle. Ali has been an advisor and angel investor to a number of companies including Zappos,
`Facebook, Dropbox and MySpace. Previously, Ali co-founded and served as CEO of iLike, Inc and
`served as a CEO of GarageBand.com. Ali lives in Oakland, California.
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`Read our interview with Ali here.
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`ALI PARTOVI
`Angel investor, Advisor | Dropbox, & Co-
`Founder | Code.org
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`HADI PARTOVI
`Founder | Code.org
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`Hadi is the co-founder of Code.org and an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was on the founding
`teams of Tellme and iLike. As an angel investor and startup advisor, Hadi’s portfolio includes
`Facebook, Zappos, Dropbox, OPOWER, Flixster, Bluekai, and many others. Hadi was General Manager
`of MSN.com during MSN’s only year of pro铳磙t, and incubated Start.com (now Live.com). After leaving
`Microsoft, Hadi co-founded iLike with twin brother Ali Partovi, and together they built the leading
`music application on the Facebook platform. in 2009, iLike was acquired by MySpace where both
`Partovis worked as Senior Vice Presidents.
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`Read our interview with Hadi here.
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`Jonathan is the chairman of Geekwire LLC and CEO of PicMonkey. He was the CEO of Picnik, an online
`photo editing service, which was acquired by Google in 2010. Sposato also took part in the creation of
`Microsoft’s Xbox. After Microsoft, Sposato’s 铳磙rst big hit was Phatbits, a tech startup that created a
`platform for developing mini-XML apps or ‘Gadgets.’ Phatbits was purchased by Google in 2005 and
`became Google Gadgets. Sposato is the 铳磙rst person in history to sell two companies to Google.
`Jonathan lives in Seattle with his wife and son.
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`Read our interview with Jonathan here.
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`JONATHAN SPOSATO
`CEO | PicMonkey
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`SUSAN TERMOHLEN
`Co-Founder | Kaspick & Company
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`BAYAN TOWFIQ
`CEO & Founder | Flowroute
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`Susan was the co-founder of and Head of Tax Compliance for Kaspick & Company, the nation’s
`leading provider of planned gift investment, administration and program support services to charities
`nationwide. Kaspick & Company has o㿙◂ces in Redwood Shores, California and Boston,
`Massachusetts and manages over $4.5 billion of assets for clients, primarily for planned gifts, but also
`for small endowments and individuals. On October 1, 2006 the 铳磙rm became a separate operating
`division of TIAA-CREF. Susan obtained a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1981, an A.B. from Smith
`College in 1972, and an M.A. in economics from Boston College. She lives in Menlo Park, California
`with her husband Scott Kaspick.
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`Read our interview with Susan here.
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`Bayan is the CEO & Founder of Flowroute. Flowroute, founded in 2007, provides voice and messaging
`services to businesses and developers. Bayan has a strong entrepreneurial background with
`expertise in telecom regulation, software architecture, information security, vulnerability
`development, and telephony. In 2013, Flowroute was ranked the fastest growing tech company in
`telecom on Deloitte’s 2013 Fast 500.
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`Read our interview with Bayan here.
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`Alan is the founder of InsideTrack and has devoted his career to enhancing student motivation,
`success, and achievement. With InsideTrack, his attention is focused on the success of college
`students, as re鋝諙ected in academic performance, persistence and graduation rates. Previously, Alan
`launched SCORE! Educational Centers, a national system of K-7 centers aimed at helping students
`strengthen their academic skills and love of learning. As the founder and CEO of SCORE!, he helped to
`grow the company to nearly 100 centers with more than 1,500 employees. Alan has also served as a
`management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, a reporter and editor for the Wall Street
`Journal and as a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate Schools of Business and Education, where he co-
`taught the core course for education entrepreneurs. Alan lives in San Francisco.
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`ALAN TRIPP
`Founder & Chairman | InsideTrack
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`Jennifer is a Faculty Director of the Master in Global Entrepreneurial Management at the University of
`San Francisco. Previously she was the Faculty Director of theGlobal Social Venture Competition, a
`worldwide program that develops next generation social entrepreneurs, and the Director of Social
`Entrepreneurship within the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business, U.C.
`Berkeley. Jennifer was the 2011 recipient of the Earl F. Cheit Award for Teaching Excellence. She also
`received “Best Paper” at the NYU-Stern Conference in Social Entrepreneurship in 2011, researching
`铳磙rm formation and performance within venture philanthropy. In 2000, Jennifer founded Myriad
`Investments, LLC, an NVCA registered venture capital 铳磙rm, where she remains a partner. She
`continues to serve on the boards of both non-pro铳磙t and for-pro铳磙t enterprises, including the national
`Net Impact Board and the San Francisco Ballet Board. Prior to her career in academia, Jennifer was a
`nationally ranked equities analyst by Institutional All-American, and was a regular guest commentator
`on CNN and CNBC. Previously, she held marketing and sales positions within the high tech industry,
`based in Silicon Valley.
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`Read our interview with Jennifer here.
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`JENNIFER WALSKE
`Faculty Director, Master of Global
`Entrepreneurial Management | University of
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