Our Board + Team
The Startup America Partnership has appointed this group of world-class entrepreneurs to its founding board to offer strategic guidance on bringing the private sector together to provide startups with the resources they need to start and scale their organizations.
Steve Case
Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. Steve co-...
Scott Case, CEO
Timothy “Scott” Case (no relation to Steve Case) is a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor and was founding CTO of Priceline.com, a startup that reached a billion...
Tory Burch
Tory Burch is CEO and CCO of the global luxury lifestyle brand Tory Burch. She grew up in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
Pamela Contag, Ph.D.
Pamela R. Contag, Ph.D., is currently the CEO of Cygnet Biofuels and the CSO of Origen Therapeutics. Dr. Contag founded four venture-backed start-up companies; Xenogen...
Michael Dell
Michael Dell is the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Dell, the company he founded with $1000 in 1984 at age 19. Notably quoted as saying...
Raul Fernandez
Raul Fernandez is Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, a private partnership which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s Washington Capitals...
Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 1998 and our Chairman of the Board since inception. Mr. Hastings served as Chief Executive...
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at LinkedIn(NYSE: LNKD). Reid joined Greylock Partners in 2009. His areas of focus include...
Magic Johnson
Today he is Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE), which he founded in 1987. MJE provides high quality products and services that focus primarily on...
Nina G. Vaca- Humrichouse
Nina Vaca founded Pinnacle in 1996 as an information technology services provider to the Fortune 500. Pinnacle provides IT-enabled solutions in the growing area of...
Lynn Jurich
Lynn Jurich has a passion for creating simple solutions to difficult problems. She recognized that more people would switch to solar if it didn’t involve high costs and...
Frederick W. Smith
FedEx Corporation, a $39 billion global transportation, business services, and logistics company. Smith is responsible for providing strategic direction for all FedEx...
Kevin Plank
As special teams captain for the University of Maryland football team in the summer of 1995, Kevin Plank had the idea for a T-shirt that wicked sweat and kept athletes...
Our Team
Scott Case
Timothy "Scott" Case (not related to Steve Case) is a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor and was founding CTO of Priceline, the "Name Your Own Price"...
Derek Holt
Derek Holt serves as Managing Director of National Partnerships and is responsible for establishing and managing all national sponsor and partner relationships...
Kathleen Warner
Kathleen Warner serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the Startup America Partnership and is responsible for business operations and management of resources...
Chris Roche
As Director of Communications, Chris Roche helps tell the story of the Partnership and the incredible entrepreneurs that are driving the nation’s economy....
Mary Simonds
Mary starting working at the Startup America Partnership as the Executive Assistant to the CEO. After a year of providing administrative support and assistance...
Matt French
Matt French serves as the National Partnerships Account Manager and is responsible for implementing, executing, and managing all national partner relationships...
Stephanie Vidikan
As Account Manager for the Startup Regions, Stephanie is focused on supporting the Startup America Regions in a multitude of ways to help build strong...
Donna Harris
Donna Harris held the position of Managing Director of Startup Regions until March 2013 Donna Harris is co-founder of 1776, a major initiative which convenes...
Erika Batey
Erika Batey was a member of the Startup America team from February 2011 to April 2013 Erika joined Startup America as Social Media Lead shortly after the...
