FirstWave Board Members

  • Shaun Francis

    FirstWave Co-Founder and Chairman
    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Chairman and CEO, Medcan Health Management, Inc.
    Chairman, True Patriot Love Foundation

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  • Beau Laskey

    FirstWave Co-Founder and Vice Chairman
    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Managing Partner, Pinegrove Venture Partners

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  • Bernard B. Banks

    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee Chair
    Director, The Doerr Institute for New Leaders
    Professor in the Practice of Leadership
    Rice University

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  • Ambassador Kenneth J. Braithwaite, III

    FirstWave Board Member
    Former U.S. Ambassador, 77th Secretary of the Navy, and Rear Admiral (Ret.), U.S. Navy. Senior Advisor at Summa Equity and Principal at Constellation Global LLC.

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  • Guy Filippelli

    FirstWave Membership Committee Chair
    Managing Partner, Squadra Ventures

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  • Shawn Olds

    FirstWave Board Member
    Co-founder, boodleAI

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FirstWave Membership Committee

  • Guy Filippelli

    FirstWave Membership Committee Chair
    Managing Partner, Squadra Ventures

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  • Erik Bethel

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    General Partner, Mare Liberum

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  • Shaun Francis

    FirstWave Co-Founder and Chairman
    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Chairman and CEO, Medcan Health Management, Inc.
    Chairman, True Patriot Love Foundation

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  • Kristin French

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Brigadier General (Ret), US Army. Founder, K2F Consulting, LLC

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  • John Gallagher

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management

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  • Beau Laskey

    FirstWave Co-Founder and Vice Chairman
    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Managing Partner, Pinegrove Venture Partners

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  • John Mustin

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Vice Admiral US Navy (Ret)
    President, Saildrone

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  • Jennifer Painter

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    SVP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, ASGN Incorporated

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  • Darryl Smith

    FirstWave Membership Committee
    Operating Partner at Windage Partners

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FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee

  • Bernard Banks

    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee Chair
    Director, The Doerr Institute for New Leaders
    Professor in the Practice of Leadership
    Rice University

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  • Stephen Cook

    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee
    Founder & Managing Partner, LFM Capital

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  • Phil Dismukes

    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee
    Founder, BGI LLC

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  • Shawn Olds

    FirstWave Board Member
    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee
    Co-founder, boodleAI

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  • Mark Petroff

    FirstWave Governance/Finance Committee
    OneMagnify

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FirstWave Philanthropy Committee

  • Jim Matheson

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Harvard Business School Professor
    Partner at Engine Ventures and Breakthrough Energy Ventures
    Executive Chairman, Natural Intelligence Systems

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  • Dan Beldy

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Partner, Canapi Ventures, Airwing Ventures, and Powerplant Ventures

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  • Keith Brunini

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

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  • Jim Delaney

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    CEO, Traction AI

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  • Jason Dempsey

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Co-Founder, MILLIE

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  • David Mann

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Managing Partner, The Firefly Group LLC
    Co-founder, Spring Mill Venture Partners

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  • James G. Schleck

    FirstWave Philanthropy Committee
    Founder, Bayonet Capital

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FirstWave Staff

  • Kate Kulcheski

    FirstWave, Executive Event Consultant

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  • Cheyenne Dominguez

    FirstWave, Executive Director

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