Board of Directors

 Our management team has prior angel investing experience and substantial business acumen as well as enthusiasm for our mission

Stephanie Marshall

Board President

Executive Committee

Head of Services Marketing Strategy, Ford Motor Company

Founder, M3 Advisors 

 

Barb White

Board Vice President

Executive Committee

Portfolio Committee Chair

Founder and CEO, The Avoka Group

Allyson Redpath

Board Vice President

Executive Committee

Governance Committee Chair

Founder, ForesightIQ

Aurelia Flores

Board Secretary

Executive Committee

Investment Director, Virginia Venture Partners

 

Russell Makepeace

Treasurer

Executive Committee

Finance Committee Chair

CFO, International Lifeline Fund

 

Neidy Hornsby

 Attorney

Founder and CEO, Noir IP

Lisa Conners

Board Member at Large

Advancement Committee Vice Chair

Founder and Leadership Coach, Even Better Coaching

Lisa Friedlander

Advancement Committee Chair

Chief Revenue Officer, NEXT Powered by Shulman Rogers

Katherine Hill Ritchie

Board Member at Large

Senior Director, Venture Funds, TEDCO

Kimberly Lumpkins, MD, MBA

Board Member at Large

Chief of Pediatric Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Michelle Olenoski

Executive Committee

Deal Flow Committee Chair

Senior Director of Product, Capital One

Kristalee Overdahl

Executive Committee

 Governance Committee Vice Chair 

Portfolio Committee Vice Chair 

Principal and Founder, Virescent Group

Cee Smith

Board Member at Large

CEO, Femme Fatale DC + Color Wheel Capital

Alla Solovyeva

Executive Committee

Membership Committee Chair

Asset Manager, Worthington Group (commercial real estate)

Susan Velasco

Board Member at Large

Vice President, Product, Capital One