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Joanna is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who built next-generation media technology companies including ReacTV, Moxi, and the award-winning cable network Current TV. In the last decade, she has been an entrepreneurial leader in the venture industry, including the first operator angel investor with Broadway Angels, a General Partner managing Core Ventures Group, a Co-Founder of RAISE Global, and an active leader in the ALL Raise movement. Joanna has served on over a dozen private start-up boards and several nonprofit boards, including venture philanthropy pioneer Full Circle Fund and prestigious female C-level membership organization C200. She resides in the Bay Area and is constantly humbled at home by up to four kids and a demanding Berner named Drake.

Julie spent over a decade as an investor and advisor with institutional-scale family offices and mission-focused organizations, including launching and leading the venture capital investment portfolio and strategy at Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda French Gates to advance social progress in the United States. In her roles, Julie has invested in pre-revenue startups, category-defining companies, and industry-leading venture capital firms, and she’s built partnerships across sectors to seed innovation in emergent markets. She is a frequent speaker on purpose-driven venture capital, gender lens investing, and the care economy. Her interests as an investor have been shaped in part by her role as a family caregiver, and her earliest work experiences as a helicopter-certified EMT and caregiver for older adults and the disabled. Julie is a Kauffman Fellow and member of All Raise, and resides in Los Angeles with her family.

Marie Drez brings over 20 years experience in finance and administration working with venture capital firms here in Silicon Valley. She recently ran the finance and administrative functions for Noventi Ventures and currently acts as the CFO for several firms in the Bay Area. She has a passion for working with emerging managers and their portfolio companies. Marie moved to the Bay Area during the dotcom boom and began her career in venture after spending over ten years in banking in Los Angeles. She received her B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles.