Jeff is a Partner and the Head of Platform at 11 Tribes Ventures. As Head of Platform, his primary focus is catalyzing the firms relationships and resources to foster the growth and flourishing of our portfolio companies. Collectively, we believe that investing into the resilience of our founders will lead to more durable and profitable businesses being created.

Prior to 11 Tribes, Jeff served as Head of Investor Relations at T2 Capital Management and before that with his alma mater, Wheaton College, as the Director of Principal Gifts. During his time at Wheaton, Jeff cherished his time spent with families who had a vision for their resources beyond their own self promotion.

Jeff, his wife Emily and their three children live in Charleston, SC where they enjoy serving in their church, playing tennis and hitting the beach for all around fun.

Kristina brings a passion and enthusiasm to her work that plays a meaningful role in accelerating critical outcomes.

Before joining 11 Tribes to lead pipeline management through diligence and sourcing, Kristina gained analytical experience working in private equity to add to her operational background of launching a series of community engagement initiatives that boosted well-being and human connection.

Kristina graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with Highest Distinction as a member of Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Management and Society and minors in Entrepreneurship and Urban Studies and Planning. At UNC, Kristina was a Morehead-Cain Scholar.

Mark is an action-oriented strategist with a strong track record working with teams of all sizes, from pre-seed startups to multi-national corporations.

Before launching 11 Tribes Ventures, Mark was a management consultant, focused on M&A between corporations and growth stage startups. He advised on deals totaling more than $750M, actively supporting clients throughout the due diligence and post-merger integration processes.

Mark earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, focusing heavily on entrepreneurial finance and strategic management. He is an adjunct professor of finance at his alma mater, Wheaton College.

He lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife Emily and their two boys.

Jay Black currently serves on the Supply Chain and Procurement Operations team at WaterStreet Healthcare Partners and is the founder of Honos Capital, a mission focused consulting and advisory firm.

Jay has over 15 years of value creation experience working extensively with private equity firms and portfolio companies.  Having held leadership roles in management consulting and group purchasing organizations in both the US and Europe, Jay brings a deep background in business development, supply chain, and operations.  He is married to Catherine, and they have two children in Nashville.

Shaun Chambers has over 25 years of telecommunications experience, over 15 years of executive leadership experience, and experience serving on multiple board of directors and board of trustees with for profit and non-profit organizations. Shaun is currently the Managing Director for Treya Partners, a boutique management consulting firm serving private equity clients and their portfolio companies. He is responsible for business development, sales/marketing, key partner relationships and organization health. Since joining Treya Partners in 2018, the firm has realized a 4x increase in revenue, expanded the private equity program to over 60 funds, and implemented several exclusive supplier agreements.

Prior to joining Treya Partners, Shaun held several executive management positions in the Unified Communication and Collaboration as a Service industry including Chief Product and Marketing Office with CallTower, Founder and CEO of SoundConnect and Founder and CEO of Communications Resource Group.  Shaun has also worked with several successful startups and served in a variety of corporate telecommunication positions. Previous careers include positions with MCI, Net2000 Communications, Platinum Networks, VNX, and OneVoice Communications.

Shaun served on the Board of Directors for CallTower from 2016 to 2023. During his time on the board, CallTower completed several acquisitions and recently a private equity majority investment in 2023. He also has non-profit Board of Trustees experience with Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools (2016-Present) and the Anglican Leadership Institute (2017-2022).

Shaun holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Systems Management from Ohio University and pursued post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University for his Master’s in Business Administration. Shaun resides in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with his wife of 20 years and three daughters.

Josh has a proven track record of helping companies of all sizes solve their biggest problems. He has extensive international experience and a track record of success in M&A strategy and integration, business operations, and technology related projects across a diverse set of industries.

Myers Dupuy is a seasoned startup executive who specializes in not specializing. Over a 30 year career, Myers has held C-Suite roles across the entire range of functional roles of a growing business, including Product, Sales, Finance, Technology, Operations and Leadership. Myers also has a deep background in Fintech product development, and 0-1 product development.

Currently he is an independent consultant helping CEOs and executive teams solve growth problems such as strategic alignment, communications, cross-functional efficiency, scale, tech stack, team structure, executive mentoring.

Jill is a seasoned business executive and trusted advisor known for innovative solutions to accelerate business success.  She gets excited to help organizations move strategies into actions and mobilize people-focused experiences that align to an organization’s purpose and heart.  As a frontline consultant, Jill worked across companies of all sizes in interim leadership and change agent roles focused on M&A activity, innovation, and cutting-edge solutions.  As a Point B consulting executive, she lead relationship development and sales for several of Point B’s biggest and oldest clients.  Jill was asked to join the C-Suite to focus on growth and mobilizing the next generation of leaders.

Jill’s leadership style relies on her faith background.  She has worked across corporate and non-profit boards in various leadership and advisory capacities.  Jill and her husband, Dave, enjoy hiking and getting off the grid into the beauty of the Pacific Northwest as much as possible.  She is constantly learning about today’s world through the eyes of her three adult sons.

Scott is the Co-Founder & Chairman of several InsurTech businesses including Remodel Health which is a 4-time INC. 5,000 SAAS business in the employee benefits industry with 80 employees based in Indianapolis. He also built and sold a large tech-enabled insurance benefits platform business to AmeriLife in 2021. Prior to entrepreneurship he was VP of Sales for UnitedHealthcare and built their national broker channel for their individual health line of business.

Scott is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and is actively involved in helping them build their Entrepreneurship Program. He is married to Linda, and they have 4 children in Indianapolis. He spends most of his time playing golf, pickleball, tennis and investing in future faith-driven entrepreneurs.

Jason Locy is the founder of FiveStone, a design agency started in 2001. FiveStone guides organizations through deep strategic insights, thoughtful brand development, and awareness campaigns that grow audiences. Jason’s authored two spiritual living books (Harper Collins) as well as his latest book, Culture Bending Narratives: Moving Beyond Story to Create Meaningful Brands. In addition to FiveStone, Jason has mentored numerous startups over the last decade through his various roles inside the Praxis business accelerator.

Brad Lomenick is passionate about raising up great leaders around the globe. A renowned leadership advisor, author, speaker, podcaster and founder of BLINC, a leadership advisory agency, Lomenick has built a reputation over the last two decades as a strategic connector and convener of America’s most respected and sought after leaders. For more than a decade, he served as lead visionary and president of Catalyst, one of America’s largest and most influential conference movements of young leaders, convening hundreds of thousands of leaders through high energy and experiential conferences across the United States.

He has more than two decades of experience working alongside thought-leaders, CEO’s and start up entrepreneurs. Prior to and during his time running Catalyst, Brad spent several years working for legendary leadership author John C. Maxwell.

He is the host of the H3 Leadership Podcast, where he weekly curates the best for high-capacity leaders to stay in the know and up to date, and interviews world class thinkers, authors, and icons.

Brad is author of the groundbreaking book, The Catalyst Leader: Eight Essentials for Becoming a Change Maker, as well as his most recent best-seller entitled H3 Leadership: Be Humble, Stay Hungry, Always Hustle, both from Thomas Nelson.

Lomenick more recently is the founder and curator of LEAD CON, an invite only community of high capacity leaders and influential emerging young leaders across America, including multiple gatherings for high capacity leaders through Young Guns, Change Agents, and other strategic experiences.

He currently serves in a Strategic Advisor role for a number of organizations and key leaders, while also speaking, writing, traveling, serving on boards, gathering leaders, and playing a broader role within the larger global leadership conversation.

Wes is a Principal Consultant with Financial Risk Management group at Milliman, leading efforts to develop new risk management solutions for institutional clients in a variety of investment fund structures (custom derivatives overlays, ETFs, UITs, SMAs, model portfolios). Also overseeing distribution and marketing support.

Jeff is fueled by a passion for identifying trends early on, casting vision on their unique potential, and strategically reverse engineering to ensure that they distinctively scale within their respective environments.  With over two decades of experience in the tech and media sector, he’s carved out a reputation for his expertise in brand building, crafting effective monetization strategies, optimizing operational efficiencies, and cultivating dynamic team infrastructures.

His professional journey spans three pre-IPO start-ups, including Facebook, Pandora, and Spotify, as well two prominent media conglomerates — AOL and Disney.  Jeff’s extensive experience brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to the table.

He currently calls Franklin, TN home with his wife Katie and their 5 children, and loves playing Pickleball in his spare time.

Dr. Melissa Milanak is a licensed clinical psychologist, executive consultant and keynote speaker specializing in improving workplace effectiveness and quality of life by helping professionals develop a mindset focused on successfully overcoming various work and personal challenges.

She founded MIND Impact Consulting, LLC, transforming her passion for helping others succeed and her research and clinical expertise in anxiety, sleep disorders, stress, and workplace wellbeing into effective practical application for business executives and their organizations.

Upon completing her degree at Bucknell University, Melissa then earned her PhD in Clinical & Community Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed her post-doctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she maintains an active academic career as an Associate Professor providing clinical services, directing continuing education and fundraising initiatives for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and conducting federally-funded research.

In addition to speaking and training throughout the USA and internationally, she has leveraged over a decade of sales and marketing experience to now work as the Director of InVista Sales & Strategic Partnerships for InVista, a division of Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), helping organizations effectively utilize assessments to augment best practices and increasing workplace wellbeing, reducing burnout and helping to create a solid foundation for businesses to grow.

Pete is a lifelong faith-driven entrepreneur. His 40-year journey has been dedicated to building prosperous businesses God’s way. Pete’s life mission is to inspire and equip business leaders worldwide to live with a purpose greater than themselves, leveraging their businesses to make a Christ-centered impact on the world. He is author of High Impact LIFE and High Impact Business.

Pete is currently the Chief Steward of enterprise Stewardship, a company that inspires and equips faith driven entrepreneurs to build legacy companies that foster flourishing.

Sarah’s career spans 20 years of international professional business experience based in the United Kingdom and the United States. As well as extensive travel around the globe, Sarah spent a period of time living in Germany where she mastered spoken and written German. Sarah is an entrepreneur having begun two professional services companies, and has held corporate leadership positions in the disciplines of consulting, finance, technology, and sales management.

As Sarah’s purpose came into focus she became an active full-time entrepreneur in 2016 and co-founded her first business in strategic gifting for businesses, leading to the curation of thousands of gifts for Fortune 100 companies to solopreneurs. Birch Cove was the second business Sarah founded after she became inspired from client conversations about the well-being of relationships.

Prior to her entrepreneurial life, Sarah spent 12 years in the London finance industry and New York’s Wall Street while she worked with Credit Suisse in various roles of technology portfolio management, career development, chief of staff, and sales management in wealth management. Sarah believes love, compassion and empathy are the keys to success. She is an investor in humans, a business advisor and self-taught coach. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science BSc (Honours) degree from the University of York, England, in Information Technology, Business Management and Foreign Language.

Seth Rainford is the President & Co-founder at Digital Diagnostics, the first company in any field of medicine to receive FDA clearance for a fully autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic system. Rainford focuses on market expansion both domestically and internationally, and on driving operational excellence within organizations. He has 20 years of executive experience including the successful management of large-scale P&L’s, strong organic & inorganic business & corporate development expertise, and complex multi-site operations leadership within the healthcare industry. Rainford has strong experience in healthcare technology, SaaS & SaMD business models, medical devices, as well as the broader Life Sciences and Commercial Diagnostics.

Prior to Digital Diagnostics, Rainford served as Regional Vice President & General Manager of Labcorp Diagnostics—a publicly traded Fortune 300 company— in the Greater Chicago Area, leading a strategic transformation of the Midwest business unit. Previously to that, he served as Vice President at Northwestern Medicine, where he drove the commercialization, marketing, and scaling of their outreach businesses.

Rainford was recently listed by Forbes as a “Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch in Healthcare in 2022.” He was recognized for his work with Digital Diagnostics in paving the path for autonomous AI to become the new standard of care in healthcare and in focusing on improving patient outcomes and access, while also reducing health disparities. Rainford’s passion for excellence and equity can be seen in his leadership style that prioritizes people in the businesses he runs or advises, both externally through product design and implementation, and internally through the development of strong company cultures tied to central missions. Beyond Digital Diagnostics, Rainford has a proven track record serving as a Board Member, Angel Investor, and Advisor to several other growing businesses in healthcare, technology, or novel direct to consumer & B2B products.

Offering almost 3 decades of leading transformational organizational growth, Jeff is an award-winning entrepreneur, business leader, Board chairman, patent holder, and investor. His deep expertise in healthcare marketing spans across pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and hospital sectors. In addition, he offers a unique ability to lead business integration while driving growth and profitability throughout business cycles.

Sought out for his success in scaling business through a strong and healthy culture, Jeff has served as CEO of Relevate Health, a healthcare marketing agency he co-founded in 2007 and guided through four acquisitions and skyrocketing growth. Backed by Mountaingate Capital private equity, Relevate Health provides unmatched capabilities in the market, deepening the ability to deliver local client success while ensuring national brand reach. Jeff’s ability to improve clients’ national performance through locally relevant marketing is based on his patented process of segmenting markets based on local drivers and creating local relevance on a national scale.

Jeff brings a varied background of board leadership to the table. As a long-time Board member of Relevate Health, Jeff has collaborated with the Board on numerous financial, sales, market strategy, and reporting initiatives. In his Interact for Health board role, Jeff served on the Programs and Investment Committees to guide initiatives that improve population health. In addition, Jeff served on the Board of Adventure Crew, tasked with leading fundraising, an executive director search, and operational plans for youth outdoor adventures.

Jeff leads with intention, relying on his faith to guide him in creating trust, building consensus among leaders and teams, and empowering others. He is a winner of several prestigious awards, including the Pinnacle award, the Elite Disruptor award, CEO of the Year finalist, Most Inspiring People award, and Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies award.

Dr. Hannah Stolze is an author, teacher, speaker, and academic with a focus on transformative and sustainable supply chain management and the intersection of faith and business strategy. She is the inaugural William E. Crenshaw Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Management in the Department of Management in Baylor’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business. 

She was the founding director of the Wheaton Center for Faith & Innovation at Wheaton College. Stolze has published work on sustainable SCM and bad press in the Harvard Business Review and is the author of the book, Wisdom Based Business: Applying Biblical Principles and Evidence-Based Research for a Purposeful and Profitable Business.

Daniel Townsend has a career spanning two decades specializing in digital innovation and strategic transformation. His background encompasses a blend of technology and marketing expertise, with a growing focus on AI and automation in recent years.

Starting as a consultant in corporate America at Accenture, Daniel has since embraced the entrepreneurial spirit, holding leadership roles ranging from CTO to CMO to CEO in various startups and established companies. This journey has not only honed his skills in building and running global teams but also in navigating the complex paths of business growth.

Beyond professional pursuits, Daniel’s life is rich with experiences from different corners of the world, having lived on a Kibbutz in Israel to the remote Amazon in Brazil. These adventures have instilled in him a deep appreciation for diverse perspectives and adaptive thinking.

Daniel now seeks to share his diverse experience by offering guidance and investment to organizations and leaders in the throes of their own transformational journey.

If anyone had told Billy and Brenda Watterson that they would one day launch a Family Foundation, they would have had trouble believing it. Their story is not one of luck or generational wealth, but of hard work, perseverance, adversity, amazing people, and most importantly, a mighty God who transforms.

Born and raised in different parts of Ohio, Billy’s career first took him to Chicago while Brenda’s brought her to New England. But in 2002, while waiting for a shuttle bus at the Newark airport, a chance meeting brought them together. Within eighteen months, they were married with the added blessing of a blended family. Six years later their family grew with the addition of twins. Life has been an adventure ever since!

Their backgrounds, though different, had significant impact on their lives, helping to shape the way they viewed themselves and others.  A scholarship recipient, Billy’s story was greatly influenced by the people who believed in him and were willing to invest in his dreams. Raised by a single mother, he and his brothers grew up in poverty, relying on government assistance and the kindness of strangers for food and shelter – the very basics of survival. But from a very young age, Billy knew he wanted more. Though he didn’t know when or how, he was determined to break free from the cycle of poverty that plagued his family. While he is a firm believer that hard work and determination can take a person a long way, he recognizes the impact that was made by strangers, both financially and relationally, in helping him gain access to opportunities that were critical to his success.

Raised in the country with two loving parents, Brenda and her sisters took things like food, safety, and security for granted, largely unaware that these were privileges not afforded to all. Growing up in the restaurant business she understood that success requires hard work, long hours and dedication to a dream. She carries deep gratitude for being raised in a faith-based home where the importance of compassion and generosity were not only taught but modeled.

None of us get to choose our origin story, but we do get to choose how we use it. We can’t change the past, but we can learn from it to impact our future. As the success of Watterson Brands has grown, so has Billy and Brenda’s desire to invest in the lives of others and offer hope to those in need.

Although we’ll never be able to eradicate all the brokenness in the world, we believe in the power of our Heavenly Father who can create beauty from the ashes when we allow Him too. It is easy to wish for a world without sorrow, tragedy, illness, or sin. But we believe that it is through suffering that transformation is born. Without tragedy none of us would truly know compassion, without betrayal; forgiveness, without failure; humility, without grace; mercy.

Aaron joined SoFi in July 2019 as Chief Risk Officer and has since expanded his role to include Global Operations and oversight of Latin America.  Aaron built integrated Risk Management to achieve readiness for launch of SoFi Bank, NA and SoFi’s Bank Holding Company, scaled Global Operations to enable mission-ready people + processes + technology, and established a presence in Latin America to enable modern payment infrastructure unlocking financial inclusion across seven markets and millions of payment cards.

Aaron has been pivotal in establishing SoFi’s firm wide risk management culture, risk appetite, and frameworks to enable responsible growth across every dimension of risk – including credit, fraud, financial, operational, enterprise, and cyber security risks.  Beyond risk, Aaron has focused on architecting Global Operations across SoFi Technologies and Galileo Financial Technologies to achieve global scale, operational controls, and industry-defining Member-experience centered journeys.

Prior to SoFi, Aaron spent much of his career in global financial services franchises – working across Latin America, Asia, Central Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.  Aaron served as Chief Risk Officer – U.S. Retail Bank and Mortgage and Head of Global Regulatory Analytics for Citibank, NA. As Managing Director, Americas Risk Management at Toyota Financial Services, the world’s largest automotive lender, Aaron built foundational global risk management and data science capabilities. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility at GE Capital (Prague, Bucharest, Dubai), Washington Mutual (Seattle), and Wachovia Bank, NA (Charlotte).

Aaron resides in picturesque Charleston, South Carolina and holds a BA in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill..

Scott was the founding CEO of OCEAN Accelerator which has grown into a multi-dimensional entrepreneur training program attracting high-tech and main-street start-ups from around the world. He is passionate about equipping founders with commercial skills, preparing them to mitigate isolation, and readying them to create culture.

Prior to that, Scott served as CEO of The Evenflo Company and led the successful turnaround and sale of the business in three different global transactions. He also served as Managing Director or President for Foster’s Wine Estates Americas; for four separate Clorox Company divisions including Brita Products, Asia Middle East (Hong Kong), Clorox Canada, and Hidden Valley Ranch; and for Bristol Myers Pty. Ltd. (Australia).

Scott spent half his career living and leading businesses in the Pacific Rim. He now serves as a Director at InLine Plastics Corp, The Garage Group, and OCEAN Programs. He has been married to Charla for 42 years, and they have three adult children. He is an avid bicyclist and ready participant in mission trips that promote entrepreneurial activity. Scott holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA from Indiana University.

Carolyn was most recently the COO at Beaumont Health, Michigan’s largest health care system. In this role, Wilson oversaw all operations for Beaumont Health, its eight hospitals, pharmacy and laboratory.

Wilson came to Beaumont in 2016 from Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, where she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining Fairview, she held a series of increasingly responsible positions at the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Medical Center from 1998-2011, including UCMC chief operating officer and associate dean; vice president for faculty practice administration; chief operating officer for the University of Chicago Practice Plan; and director of managed care operations.

Wilson has served on the Metro Governing Council of the American Hospital Association and on the Vizient AMC Affinity Board of Managers. She has been frequently recognized as a “hospital and health system leader to know” and as a “woman health care leader to know” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

Wilson earned her Master of Business Administration from Benedictine University, a bachelor of science in Nursing at Rush University and a nursing diploma from Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids.

As a serial entrepreneur and serial investor for 39 years, Sharon has created, built, accelerated, invested in and exited hundreds of companies across the globe employing and/or working closely with other entrepreneurs, sector experts and financiers to achieve a strong return on investment (“ROI”) track record.

The beginning of Sharon’s career was focused on commercial banking as well as on building and growing energy-related companies in lighting, HVAC control systems and alternative energy. Following her extensive global experience in these sectors and in creating energy saving solutions as one of the youngest senior executives in the energy sector at that time, Sharon founded the first-of-its-kind “demand-side management solutions advisory company tailored for the utility sector in North America” called “Presentations” to capitalize on deregulation of the electricity industry in the US and Canada. “Presentations” successfully launched many Energy Saving Companies (“ESCO’s”) for the largest utilities in America, and Sharon was invited to become a Co-Founder of New Energy Ventures in Los Angeles, CA which she and her team grew from zero to a billion dollars in revenue run rate in the first 18 months. That company was then sold to AES. New Energy (as it became known), is still the largest ESCO in America and owned by Constellation.

Sharon subsequently Co-Founded MCC Global NV (“MCC”), an old-style global merchant bank that was built over a 13-year period and listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange in 2006. MCC offered a proprietary incubation and acceleration “de-risking” process that Sharon developed and then implemented in hundreds of emerging and established companies with a track record of success that was unmatched in the industry at that time. MCC employed experts in 14 vertical markets who also had deep horizontal expertise in products and services and a presence in major geographical locations around the world to build, invest in and exit over 500 companies successfully. As Vice Chairman of Moore Clayton Capital Advisors, Inc. and Vice President of Equus II, MCC Global’s fund management company and its NYSE-listed private equity fund, respectively, Sharon was instrumental in increasing the overall net asset value and ROI of this highly regulated BDC.

After exiting MCC, Sharon Founded ESE Partners, LLC and Co-Founded ESE Fund Ltd., a future financial services company with a closely-held seed/growth fund that has an above-industry track record. Sharon also Co-Founded SSG, LLC, a technology transfer company, owned and managed by women, to build companies in the US and the Middle East/North Africa region of the globe. SSG, LLC morphed into a women-owned, women run boutique merchant bank, The 1920 Group, LLC (1920G) which focuses on MedTech, FinTech, EnergyTech and Deep Tech/AI.

Sharon recently Co-Founded LCS7, LLC (Lifecycle Systems) , which is developing a technology platform to automate and manage services for entrepreneurial companies as they go through the lifecycles of growth from emerging to established companies to exit. LCS7 will streamline the processes and timing for selecting companies, building/growing companies and taking companies through liquidity events.

Sharon’s passion (besides dancing!) is working with young people through business and philanthropy to enhance their entrepreneurial skills and assist them in executing their dreams. She is also an active Advisory Board member of many emerging and established companies across the globe and was educated in technology and finance at the University of Florida (BSBA) and Georgia State University (General MBA studies).

Tim Jenkins is President of Colchuck, a purposeful private investment company based in Leavenworth, WA. Tim is also a co-founder and past CEO of Point B, Inc., a national management consulting firm based in Seattle, WA. Tim sits on the boards of Point B, Parametrix, Inc., an employee-owned engineering, planning and environmental services company with several offices in the Western U.S., and the boards of several smaller companies. Tim is also an active investor with Lenora Capital, the private investment arm of Brighton Jones, an RIA with over $8B AUM. In 2022, Tim will serve as the fund manager for the Flywheel Investment Conference, one of the larger venture competitions in Washington State. In 2010 Tim was recognized as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in Services for the Pacific Northwest.

Tim holds a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Washington and an MBA in Marketing & Finance from the Booth Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.  He is listed as a “Notable Alumnus” on websites associated with both institutions and was named the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus in Economics at the University of Washington.  Tim and his wife Christi have three children and live in Leavenworth, WA.  Tim is an avid hiker, mountain biker and skier and a big fan of football and soccer.

Scott Olson has a diverse legal and business background. Most notably in his legal career, Scott founded the Dallas office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, an international law firm, and assumed the role of Managing Shareholder of the Greenberg Traurig Dallas office. He also served as Global Co-head of Greenberg Structured Finance & Derivatives Group, representing banks, borrowers, investors, servicing companies, and other parties.

Beginning in 2006, Scott took on the role of advisor and/or investor in a variety of business opportunities, including serving as Managing Director of an asset-based hedge fund from 2006-2009.

Scott is currently a Partner with Turtle Creek Holdings, a decades-old investment partnership focusing on private equity and venture capital investments in a diverse range of businesses and assets. He is also the primary owner of Peridot Holdings, a family partnership.

Scott is also currently an investor and manager in many private companies, including Pathway Healthcare, LED Holdings, Green Chile Foods, Peridot Life, Opus Funding, and VZION Creative. Scott is also a limited partner in a number of funds, including 11 Tribes Ventures, Stoneriver, Garden City, Vaucluse, and Collective Capital.

Scott has extensive experience in all types of financial and investment transactions, including private investment, M&A, securitization, project finance, insurance finance, capital markets finance, and general banking.

Scott attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, won the Hugo Black Fellowship Award, and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Scott also holds a JD from Vanderbilt Law School and for three years served on the Vanderbilt Law School Board of Directors.

Before college, Scott served in the United States Air Force. Scott is committed to philanthropic involvement and serves on several boards, including Highlands College, Childrens Hunger Fund, Minuteman Disaster Response, and GraceBridge.

Scott has been married to his wife, Erin, since 2000, and they have three children. They reside in Shoal Creek, Alabama.