Board of Directors

Meet the venture capital leaders serving on NVCA’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors and helping advance the U.S. entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Byron Deeter
Chair
Bessemer Venture Partners
Redwood City, CA
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Bessemer Venture Partners
Vineeta Agarwala
Chair-Elect
Andreessen Horowitz
Menlo Park, CA
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Andreessen Horowitz
Bobby Franklin
President and CEO
NVCA
Washington, D.C.
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NVCA
Molly Bonakdarpour
Drive Capital
Columbus, OH
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Drive Capital
Erica Brescia
Redpoint
Woodside, CA
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Redpoint
Kristina Burow
ARCH Venture Partners
Hudson, WI
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ARCH Venture Partners
Gavin Christensen
Kickstart Fund
Salt Lake City, UT
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Kickstart Fund
Beezer Clarkson
Sapphire Partners
Austin, TX
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Sapphire Partners
Jill Jarrett
Treasurer
Benchmark
San Francisco, California
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Benchmark
Ric Fenton
TCV
Menlo Park, CA
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TCV
Jaclyn Freeman Hester
Foundry
Boulder, CO
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Foundry
Shauntel Garvey
Reach Capital
Washington, DC
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Reach Capital
Aziz Gilani
Mercury Fund
Houston, TX
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Mercury Fund
Hilary Gosher
Insight Partners
New York, NY
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Insight Partners
Kirsten Green
Forerunner Ventures
San Francisco, CA
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Forerunner Ventures
David Hall
Revolution
Washington, DC
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Revolution
Mamoon Hamid
Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park, CA
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Kleiner Perkins
Daniel Levine
Executive Committee, At-Large
Accel
Palo Alto, CA
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Accel
Jeremy Liew
Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, CA
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ryan Nece
Next Legacy Partners
Palo Alto, CA
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Next Legacy Partners
John Neis
Venture Investors LLC
Madison, WI
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Venture Investors LLC
Nnamdi Okike
645 Ventures
New York, NY
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645 Ventures
Deena Shakir
Executive Committee, At-Large
Lux Capital
Menlo Park, CA
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Lux Capital
Tom Shehab, MD
Arboretum Ventures
Ann Arbor, MI
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Arboretum Ventures
Steve Socolof
Tech Council Ventures
Summit, NJ
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Tech Council Ventures
Chelsea Stoner
Battery
Boston, MA
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Battery
Jarrid Tingle
Harlem Capital
New York, New York
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Harlem Capital
Adam Valkin
General Catalyst
Boston, MA
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General Catalyst
Don Vieira
Sequoia
Menlo Park, CA
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Sequoia
Nick Washburn
Intel Capital
Santa Clara, CA
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Intel Capital
Rick Yang
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Timonium, MD
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)