National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) Board

Non-Voting Federal Ex-Officio Co-Chairs

• Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
• Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation
• Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Voting Non-Federal Co-Chairs

• Steve Case, Chairman/CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, AOL
• Kristina Johnson, President, The Ohio State University

Members

• Byron G. Auguste, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Opportunity@Work
• Patricia Beckmann, Founder and Managing Director, BioStrategy
• Melissa Bradley, Founder, Managing Partner, & General Partner, 1863 Ventures
• Allie Burns, Chief Executive Officer, Village Capital
• Christopher Chung, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
• Sherrese Clarke Soares, Founder & CEO, HarbourView Equity Partners
• Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
• Lisa Feria, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, Stray Dog Capital
• Annette Finsterbusch, President/CEO, EnPower, Inc.; Entrepreneur in Residence, OralKeen
• Brit Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of National Entrepreneurship Programs, Walker's Legacy
• Aziz Gilani, General Partner & Managing Director, Mercury Fund
• Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director, Columbia Technology Ventures; Senior Vice President for Applied Innovation and Industry Partnerships, Columbia University
• Neil Kane, Director, Curriculum and Capstone Advising, ESTEEM (Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence Master's) Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame
• David Kenney, President & Executive Director, VertueLab
• Wendy Lea, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Energize Colorado
• Ian McClure, Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Impact, University of Kentucky
• Senofer Mendoza, Founder and General Partner, Mendoza Ventures
• Rachel Meyers, Chief Science Officer, Faze Medicines
• Nate Mook, CEO, World Central Kitchen
• Bill Provine, Chief Executive Officer, Delaware Innovation Space
• Ryan Ramkhelawan, Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Lasting Machine Ventures; Entrepreneur in Residence, Opportunity Health; VP Venture Development, Start Co.
• Aimee Rose, Executive Managing Director, Activate.org
• Laura Sachar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, StarVest Partners
• Peter Scher, Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Liz Shuler, President, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Grace Simrall, Chief of Civic Innovation & Technology, Louisville Metro Government
• Dug Song, Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Security
• Tamara Steffens, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters Venture Fund