David T. Blair

Partner

David T. Blair is chairman of Accountable Health Solutions Inc., a healthcare services company that develops technology-enabled solutions to improve quality, increase efficiency and reduce costs in the delivery of healthcare. From its founding in 1998 through 2012, Mr. Blair served as chairman and chief executive officer of Catalyst Health Solutions Inc., a Fortune 500 company. Catalyst was acquired by SXC Health Solutions in 2012 for $4.8 billion.  Through their family foundation, Mr. Blair and his wife, Mikel, support a number of local and national philanthropic organizations. He also serves as a board member and acts in an advisory capacity to several corporations and nonprofits.

Scott Brickman

Partner

Scott Brickman is the managing director of Long Grove Capital an investment firm which invests in a broad array of businesses. Mr. Brickman is the retired Chairman and CEO of the Brickman Group, the nation’s largest landscape services company which under his leadership grew from a handful of regional branches to 170 branches throughout the country employing over 12,000 associates. Mr. Brickman is Chairman of LandCare, and also serves as a senior advisor to Blue Marlin Partners, Kohlberg and Co., and the Conscious Leader Group. Active in philanthropy with a focus on poverty, homelessness and education, Mr. Brickman sits on the board of Catholic Charities, The Don Bosco Cristo Rey School, Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, and is a member of Venture Philanthropy Partners.

Neil D. Cohen

Partner

Neil D. Cohen is the Executive Chairman of District Photo Inc., which is one of the largest consumer digital print, variable data printer and gift fulfillment services in the world. The company is an owner of the Snapfish and Shutterfly consumer brands. He started with the company in 1976 and has been president and CEO since 1989. Mr. Cohen, a native of Washington, D.C., is the past president of the Photo Marketing Association International. He has also been involved in numerous business groups, including the Young Presidents’ Organization, and a wide-range of philanthropic organizations serving children’s needs, education, faith-based organizations and health-related causes

Jack Davies

Partner

Jack Davies was the founder and president of AOL International and now serves on the board of directors of Scholastic where he is Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Prior to joining AOL in 1993, Mr. Davies was managing director of Citicorp’s London-based consumer mortgage business after serving as vice president, Europe, for RCA Records. Active in philanthropy in the D.C. area, Mr. Davies has served on countless boards, and currently is a member of the board and executive committee of Venture Philanthropy Partner and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

Richard D. Fairbank

Partner

Richard D. Fairbank is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One Financial Corporation. As an innovator and entrepreneurial leader, Mr. Fairbank has grown Capital One from a start-up into one of the ten largest banks in America and 100 largest companies in the country as ranked by Fortune magazine. Mr. Fairbank has been recognized for his community and industry leadership, including his 2008 appointment to the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, 2006 “Banker of the Year” by the American Banker, and 2015 “Best Strategic Thinker in Financial Services” by Bank Director Magazine. Mr. Fairbank has been recognized as one of “Best-Performing CEOs in the World” by Harvard Business Review and one of the top “100 CEO Leaders In STEM” by STEMconnector in partnership with US News and World Report, the Business-Higher Education Forum, and Fortune magazine.

Raul Fernandez

Vice Chairman and Partner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Michelle DiFebo Freeman

Partner

Michelle DiFebo Freeman is the owner and CEO of the Carl M. Freeman Companies, a 74 year-old real estate company that specializes in land acquisition, planning, development, and management of residential and retail properties. CMFA also owns two award winning golf courses in Delaware, as well as a historic 600-acre bed-and-breakfast and event space, Tusculum Farm, in Sunshine, Maryland. Ms. Freeman is president and chairman of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation and is the founding chairman of the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, which honors her late husband. A founding member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, Ms. Freeman serves on the board of Halcyon and the Entrepreneurship Board at Georgetown University. She was a founding member of WE Capital, a group of female investors, investing in women-led businesses. Ms. Freeman is active in YPO, the Urban Land Institute and the ICSC organization.

Laurene Powell Jobs

Partner

Laurene Powell Jobs is founder and president of Emerson Collective, a social change organization that uses a broad range of tools including philanthropy, impact investing, and policy solutions to create the greatest good for the greatest number of people.   Emerson Collective is working to renew some of society’s most calcified systems, creating new possibilities for individuals, families, and communities.

Powell Jobs serves as board chair of The XQ Institute and College Track, serves on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the boards of Chicago CRED, Conservation International, and The Council on Foreign Relations. She is also co-owner of The Atlantic, Anonymous Content and Concordia Studios.

Sheila Johnson

Vice Chairman and Partner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
President and Managing Partner, Washington Mystics

Richard Kay

Partner, In Memoriam

Richard Kay was chairman of Sentrillion Inc., a border security, cyber-security, information assurance and healthcare managed services company. He was the former founder, chairman and CEO of OTG Software, a leader in the data storage software company that he founded in 1992. OTG became the leader in online data storage solutions. Mr. Kay served on the board of directors of the University of Maryland School of Engineering. He was a special partner with ABS Capital, a multibillion-dollar equity investment firm focused on healthcare, IT and media companies. Mr. Kay was also an honorary member of the board of directors of Venture Philanthropy Partners.

Jeong H. Kim

Partner

Jeong H. Kim is chairman of Kiswe Mobile Inc., a startup focusing on interactive mobile video. Dr. Kim also served as president of Bell Labs, the communication industry’s most heralded research organization. His early career encompassed computer design, satellite systems design and data communications, including seven years as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Kim currently serves on the boards of Samsung Electronics Co. and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, who named him one of the 10 most influential Asian Americans. In January 2014, the government of France awarded him membership in the Legion of Honor for his services in global technology.

Mark D. Lerner

Partner

Mark D. Lerner, representing members of the Lerner, Cohen and Tanenbaum family, is the managing principal owner and vice chairman of the 2019 World Series Champion Washington Nationals and a principal of Lerner Enterprises, a real estate development, management and investment company concentrated in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Mr. Lerner and his family are leading philanthropists in the region, supporting numerous organizations and causes. He currently serves as a trustee of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, and as a member of the board of The George Washington University Hillel.

Roger Mody

Partner

Mr. Mody also is an associate publisher of Inc. Magazine and is the former chairman and CEO of SIGNAL Corporation.  Mr. Mody is the founder and chairman of The Mody Foundation, whose goal is to provide higher education, health-based and athletics funding for economically disadvantaged inner-city children.  The Mody Foundation has been actively involved in the Washington-area philanthropic community, participating with the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Orphan Network, National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Easter Seals. Mr. Mody was a charter member of the Redskins Leadership Council Mr. Mody also is a member of the MSE Foundation board of directors.

Anthony Nader

Partner

Anthony Nader is a co-founder and managing director of SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth, high-quality organizations and the entrepreneurs behind them. Mr. Nader is Vice Chairman at Asurion, a company that he successfully merged with his company, NEW, in 2008 where he served as CEO. He is a partner in the Washington Nationals (MLB); aXiomatic, which has a controlling interest in e-sports franchise Team Liquid and a partner in the Professional Fighters League (PFL). He serves on a number of volunteer and for-profit boards, including serving as chairman of the Inova Health System Board of Trustees. Mr. Nader is a member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and YPO -Gold.

Fredrick D. Schaufeld

Partner

Fredrick D. Schaufeld is a co-Founder, along with Anthony Nader and Cliff White, and Managing Director of SWaN & Legend Venture Partners (SWaN). He is a Partner in the Washington Nationals, the Professional Fighters League and the Hill Top House Hotel, Harpers Ferry. Mr. Schaufeld also owns American Bike Ride, parent of the DC Bike Ride. Prior to SWaN, Mr. Schaufeld founded and led National Electronics Warranty Corporation (NEW), which was acquired by Asurion in 2008 (now NEWAsurion). NEWAsurion is the world’s largest consumer product protection company, employing over 20,000 people worldwide. He currently sits on the boards of Sugar23, Noodle Partners, CustomInk, KIND, DuraStat, José Andrés ThinkFood Group, Mindshow, PFL, M34 Capital. Curator Solutions, Georgiamune and Telos (Nasdaq: TLS). He is an advisor to the boards of Cava, ClassEDU, Growcentia and Biothread. Mr. Schaufeld and his wife, Karen, live in Virginia and are active in a number of organizations dedicated to education, health, environment, peace, inter-faith tolerance, military support and the arts.

Earl W. Stafford

Partner

Earl W. Stafford is the chairman and CEO of The Stafford Foundation, a faith-based, nonprofit organization providing services to empowering self-reliance among the disadvantaged and underserved. Mr. Stafford also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Wentworth Group, LLC, a privately-held company that provides essential business services and growth investment support to commercial technology focused small businesses. He is the former chairman and CEO of UNITECH, a technology solutions company delivering training programs, simulation and homeland security systems for the federal government. Mr. Stafford also enjoyed a distinguished career in the U.S. military. He currently serves on the boards of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Horatio Alger Association, the Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation, and trustee emeritus of the Wesley Theological Seminary. Further, Mr. Stafford received Presidential appointments as Trustee to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the President’s Board of Advisors for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

George P. Stamas

Partner

George P. Stamas is a senior partner in the Washington and New York offices of the international law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.  He has been listed numerous times in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Stamas was the former vice chairman of the board of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown Inc., a founding board member of FTI Consulting (NYSE) and also serves on the boards of NexCen Brands Inc., Gridpoint Technologies, Medicity Inc., and  MidOcean Partners. He is also a venture partner of New Enterprise Associates and is active in numerous local and national civic affairs including the Council on Foreign Relations, the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Leadership 100, Caves Valley Golf Club, the Baltimore Orioles and is an Archon of the International Order of St. Andrew.

Cliff White

Partner

Cliff White was a founding partner and the financial architect of NEW Corp. (now NEW Asurion Corp.), the world’s largest consumer product protection company. He is now a partner in SWaN Investors, a diversified private investment fund with dozens of investments, including the Washington Nationals Baseball Club. Mr. White is an active philanthropist, honored as the 2017 Montgomery County Philanthropist of the Year. He serves on the board of the Greater Washington Community Foundation where he founded and chairs the Neighbors In Need Montgomery Fund, focused on helping county families help themselves out of poverty as well as emergency responses to the economic effect of COVID on these families. He is also Vice Chair of Venture Philanthropy Partners which serves vulnerable youth in the National Capital region. He and his wife, Debbie, are avid supporters of education and workforce development for young people and adults in their County.

Dick Patrick

Vice Chairman and Partner
President, Washington Capitals