FOUNDERS EMBASSY FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERS

Founders Embassy Thought Leaders represent some of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and experts in their respective industries that mentor our founders, teach sessions, lead workshops, and speak at our events, giving the next generation of entrepreneurs a leg up in the startup scene. If you want to help us build a more inclusive Silicon Valley, join the movement and become an official Founders Embassy Thought Leader! #FETL

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Duke Chung.jpg — **DUKE CHUNG**

CEO, Travelbank

MARVIN LIAO.jpg — **MARVIN LAIO**

Angel Investor, Former Partner, 500 Startups

Niko+Bonatsos.jpeg — **NIKO BONATSOS**

Managing Director, General Catalyst

andrea drager.jpeg — **ANDREA DRAGER**

Principal, Azure Capital Partners

Niki .jpg — **NIKI CHOO**

Head of Business Development, Lunchclub

**PEDRO SORRENTINO**

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ONEVC

ali vahabzadeh.jpeg — **ALI VAHABZADEH**

Founder & CEO, curbFlow

Baiju+Bhatt+(1).jpg — **BAIJU BHATT**

Co-CEO, Robinhood

eric quon-lee.jpeg — **ERIC QUON-LEE**

Director, Business Solutions, Visa

HENRY ines.jpeg — **HENRY INES**

CEO, GoChain

SIRI SRINIVAS.jpeg — **SIRI SRINIVAS**

Associate, Draper Associates

jacob mullins.jpeg — **JACOB MULLINS**

Partner, Shasta Ventures

nish nadaraja.png — **NISH NADARAJA**

Original Community Manager, Yelp.com

Erik+Torenberg.jpeg — **ERIK TORENBERG**

Co-Founder & Partner, Village Global

robb Miller.jpeg — **ROBB MILLER**

SVP of Sales, RichRelevance

0 (36).jpeg — **AMEENA EL-BIBANY**

Principal, ARTIS Ventures

**RAVIRAJ JAIN**

Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

sami ramly.jpeg — **SAMI RAMLY**

Associate Director of Product, Carvana

0 (20).jpeg — **FERNANDA BAKER**

Head of Silicon Valley, Samsung NEXT

Lo+Toney.jpeg — **LO TONEY**

Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Capital

**NOORJIT SIDHU**

Venture Capital, Plug and Play Ventures

**ANDREW VAN NEST**

Associate, Blumberg Capital

**JAVAUGHN LAWRENCE**

Investor, Eniac Ventures

Screen Shot 2019-08-28 at 2.31.15 PM.png — **ASHISH AGGARWAL**

Principal, Grishin Robotics

**COURTNEY BUIE LIPKIN**

Partner, Susa Ventures

**PAULINE CRISTOFARI**

Corporate Development & Strategy, Google

**PHIL LIBIN**

Co-Founder, All Turtles / Evernote

**KEVIN RAMANI**

Founder & Sales Coach, Ramani Ventures

0 (9).jpeg — **SUMIT GUPTA**

VP of Products, AI, ML & HPC, IBM

0 (16).jpeg — **LARISSA MARANHAO ROCHA**

Employee #1, Brex

**NINA ACHADJIAN**

Partner, Index Ventures

Manoj Verma.jpg — **MANOJ VERMA**

Co-Founder & CRO, TabaPay Inc.

lauren+vaccarello.png — **LAUREN VACCARELLO**

CMO, Talend

AMIR MASHKOORI

CEO, ISDI Digital University

Scott Sorocheck.jpeg — **SCOTT SOROCHAK**

CEO, SparkLabs Foundry

**WILLIAM ALTMAN**

Director of Research, 17 Asset Management

Ali+Benslimane+2.jpeg — **ALI BENSLIMANE**

Partnerships & Operations, Stripe Atlas

ASHMEET disana.jpeg — **ASHMEET SIDANA**

Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital

Justin+Kan.jpeg — **JUSTIN KAN**

CEO, Atrium LTS / Founder, Twitch

brian ma.jpeg — **BRIAN MA**

Founder & CEO, Divvy Homes

**J. RYAN WILLIAMS**

Founder & Executive Coach, SalesCollider

**NEEL BHATIA**

Operating Partner, Arcline Investment Management

olivia+wang.jpeg — **OLIVIA WANG**

Head of US, ZhenFund

**ROB HOPFNER**

Managing Partner, Pivitol bioventure Partners

**MAY SAMALI**

Venture Partner, NextGen Venture Partners

**RAHIM FAZAL**

Co-Founder & CEO, SVAcademy

**HAITHEM ELEMBABY**

SVP, Global BD & Strategy, Harbinger

**MELISSA JUN ROWLEY**

Journalist, Reporter & Content Strategist

tim fong.png — **TIM FONG**

Partner, Intersect VC

**JAN D’ALESSANDRO**

President and Founder, Blue J Strategies

**KAPIL AGRAWAL**

Head of Finance, Poshmark

**VIVIAN CHENG**

Investor, Javelin Venture Partners

**BRYAN KARAS**

Founder & CEO, Playbook Media

**KENNY VASSIGH**

Systems Engineering & Architecture, NASA

0 (8).jpeg — **ASHLEY BRASIER**

Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

0 (13).jpeg — **BRIELLE PERRY**

VP of Sales & BD, Harbinger Strategy

0 (18).jpeg — **MATT PIERCE**

Co-Founder, Trusted Health

Manan Mehta.jpg — **MANAN MEHTA**

General Partner, Unshackled Ventures

megan maloney.jpeg — **MEGAN MALONEY**

Investor, General Catalyst

**DR. OSSAMA HASSANEIN**

Chairman, Rising Tide VC

0 (22).jpeg — **KOBIE FULLER**

General Partner, Upfront Ventures

Domenic Perri.jpg — **DOMENIC PERRI**

Partner, Vertex Ventures

Lloyed Lobo .jpg — **LLOYED LOBO**

Co-Founder, Boast.AI

Nitin Chopra.jpg — **NITIN CHOPRA**

Partner, Shasta Ventures

andy mcloughlin.jpeg — **ANDY MCLOUGHLIN**

Partner, Uncork Capital

**ANNA BINDER**

Head of People Operation, sAsana

Crystal+Huang++2.jpeg — **CRYSTAL HUANG**

Principal, NEA

**CHARLES HUDSON**

Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Ben+ortheib.jpeg — **BEN ORTHLIEB**

Co-Founder & Partner, Off the Grid Ventures

**NAKUL MANDAN**

Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Screen+Shot+2018-03-07+at+11.54.46+PM.png — **LESLIE VOORHEES MEANS**

Co-Founder & CEO, Anomalie

0 (17).jpeg — **HOLLY LIU**

Founder, Kabam / Visiting Partner, Y Combinator

homan yuen.jpeg — **HOMAN YUEN**

Managing Partner, Fusion Fund

Steve+Cadigan.jpg — **STEVE CADIGAN**

Talent Advisor / Former Head of Talent, LinkedIn

sean+sheppard.jpeg — **SEAN SHEPPARD**

Founding Partner, GrowthX

audrey melnik.jpg — **AUDREY MELNIK**

Founder, Funnel Ventures

max menke.jpeg — **MAX MENKE**

Founding Partner, GrowthX

alan chiu.jpeg — **ALAN CHIU**

Partner, XSeed Capital

**ALYSON DENARDO**

Partner, MaC Venture Capital

**UMESH PADVAL**

Venture Partner, Thomvest Ventures

**VERA SHOKINA**

Managing Director, SVB Financial Group

**RILEY RODGERS**

Principal, Valia Investments

ho nam.jpeg — **HO NAM**

Managing Director & Co-Founder, Altos Ventures

0 (14).jpeg — **PETER GOLDIE**

Partner, Category Design Advisors

0 (28).jpeg — **PASCALE DIAINE**

Principal, Storm Ventures

**GREG DEAN**

Co-Fonder & CTO, Unblockable

Patrick Rentmoola.jpeg — **PATRICK POSTREHOVSKY**

Director, Platforms/Ecommerce GTM PayPal

Ashley Carroll.jpeg — **ASHLEY CARROLL**

Startup Advisor / Former GP, Social Capital

**SANDY KHAUND**

VP, Blockchain Products, Ticketmaster

Balaji+2.jpg — **BALAJI SRINIVASAN**

Co-Founder & Board Member, Coin Center

thomas+mcloed.jpeg — **TOM MCLEOD**

Board Member, Camelback Ventures /Founder, Omni

**JESS LEE**

Partner, Sequoia Capital / Co-Founder, Polyvore

**LOUISE FRITJOFSSON**

Founder, Bla Bla Foods

alex ff.jpeg — **ALEX FARMAN-FARMAIAN**

Strategic Accounts, Carta

**MATTHEW YAZZIE**

Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Women 2.0

**YASMEEN TURAYHI**

Product Marketing Lead & Board, TechWadi

**PRATEEK ALSI**

Early-Stage VC / Former Partner, General Catalyst

**NICK TRIANTOS**

Entrepreneur (stealth), Tech Exec, former VC

**LAURA KENNEDY**

VP, Corporate Development, Techstars

**HARPAUL SAMBHI**

Founder, Careerify (acquired by LinkedIn)

**NIPUL PATEL**

Co-Founder, Townsquared

**MATT BORNSTEIN**

Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

**PAUL HSIAO**

General Partner, Canvas Ventures

**RANA GUJRAL**

CEO, Behavioral Signals

0 (15).jpeg — **ROLI SAXENA**

Chief Customer Officer, Brex

**TOM KOSNIK**

Partner, FoundersX Ventures

**CHAS PULIDO**

General Partner, Alix Partners

**CHRIS TURLICA**

CEO & Co-Founder, MaintainX

download (3).jpeg — **ARIANA HELLEBUYCK**

VP of Marketing, Life360

**OONA ROKYTA**

Co-Founder & CEO, Lance

Oshinsky.Matt-c.jpg — **MATT OSHINSKY**

Partner, Perkins Coie

0 (21).jpeg — **CHRISTINA TRAMPOTA**

Product Strategy & Operations, Twitter

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