PANEL DISCUSSIONS TRAILBLAZING WOMEN DRIVING INNOVATION: WOMEN IN VENTURE CAPITAL
10:15-11:15am in room 2005
$28 billion in Venture Capital investment was made in 2011 with nearly 3,700 deals that are transforming lives. Yet almost no industry is more male dominated than Venture Capital. Come meet women who have risen to the very top of the Venture Capital industry and listen to their stories about how they are changing the world one investment at a time.
EVELYN DILSAVER
Former President and CEO, Charles Schwab Investment Management Evelyn currently serves on several public and non-profit boards including chair of the Women’s Initiative, a non-profit helping lower income women become economically independent. In 2011 Evelyn was awarded San Francisco Business Times 100 Most Influential Women and Forever Influential.
NANCY C. FLOYD
Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power Nancy is founder of Nth Power, a venture capital firm focused on advanced energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability. She is a board member of ACORE, the Center for Resource Solutions and an active member of E2. Prior to founding Nth Power, she launched two high-growth energy and telecommunications companies.
MAHA IBRAHIM
General Partner, Canaan Partners Maha invests in innovative cloud and digital media companies with Canaan Partners. She holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University. She also holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT and is on the boards of 3Crowd, InhaleDigital, Kabam, SenSage and Virsto and a member of the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, a non-profit promoting the growth of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures.
LISA SUENNEN
Co-Founder & Managing Member, Psilos Group Psilos Group is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm. Previously, Lisa was a senior executive at Merit Behavioral Care. Lisa holds an M.A. and a B.A. in political science and a B.A. in mass communications, all from UC Berkeley. Lisa is an active blogger at www.venturevalkyrie.com.
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