Team & Board of Directors

 

We are a team of scientists, investors, founders, and national security leaders united by a shared mission of winning the 21st century global technology competition by making America the best place for Frontier Technology innovation and investment returns. 

 

Our Team

 

Hon. Gilman Louie

Chief Executive Officer


Jordan Blashek

President & Chief Operating Officer


Mike Taxay

General Counsel


Faran Nouri

General Partner & Executive Vice President


 

Steven Weinstein

General Partner


Jeff Karras

General Partner


Brian Wilcove

General Partner


Heidi Crebo-Rediker

General Partner & Executive Vice President


 

Karl Mehta

Chairman of the Quad Investors Network


Lilian Wan, CFA

Executive Vice President of Investor Relations and Development


Sean Singleton

Advisor


Kevin McGinnis

Special Advisor


 

Vrushank Vora

Advisor


Hon. Erik Bethel

Strategic Advisor


Dr. Josh Conway

Senior Vice President, Science & Technology


Zach Beecher

Head of Strategic Partnerships


 

Alex El-Fakir

Director of Communications and Operations


Brian Connor

Operations Manager


Joachim Vaturi

Chief of Staff


Solange Guyot

Executive Assistant


 
 
 
 
 

Our Board of Directors

 

Samuel J. Palmisano (Chair)

Former CEO, IBM


Jennifer Pahlka (Vice Chair)

Founder, Code for America


Amb. Clifford Sobel

Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group


Eric Braverman

Co-Founder, Telescope


 

Dr. J. Michael McQuade

Former VP of Research, Carnegie Mellon University


Joanne Isham

Former Deputy Director of Science & Technology, CIA


Hon. John Hurley

Managing Partner and CIO, Cavalry Asset Management


Leslie A. Brun

Chairman & CEO, Ariel Alternatives


 

Suzanne Nora Johnson

Chair, Intuit Board of Directors


Hon. Mignon Clyburn

Former Commissioner, FCC


Nick Beim

Partner, Venrock Associates


Richard Kang

Managing Partner, Prism Global


 

Ryan Nolan

Partner, Goldman Sachs

Sec. Ash Carter

Former Secretary of Defense

(In Memoriam)



Hon. Michèle Flournoy

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors

(Past Board Member)

LTG H.R. McMaster (ret.)

Former National Security Advisor

(Past Board Member)