Green D Ventures Team

Bio: Jonathan Risch is a member of Dartmouth Class of 1988 and an investor in both Green D Ventures. Jonathan brings a wide variety of experience to the investment committee. Before and after graduating from the MIT Sloan School of Management Jonathan was a management consultant focusing in his last several years on the Energy industry. After a short stint in Finance and Planning for Frito Lay, Jonathan found his way back into the energy industry first with Enron and then with Reliant Energy where he was Vice President of Retail Planning and Marketing Analytics. Leaving large public corporate companies Jonathan was CFO and the Chief Commercial Officer for Leedo Cabinets the largest provider of turn key cabinet solutions to the multi family construction industry. Currently, Jonathan is CEO of DPIS Building Solutions a private equity owned provider of Engineering and Inspection Services to the Residential Construction Industry. Jonathan served on the board of Endeavor CPQ, a SaaS Configure Price Quote solution since sold to Vendavo. Outside of work Jonathan is active on several non profit Boards and enjoys trying to keep up with his three children.

Bio: Stephen B. Kaplitt is a solo “outside general counsel” to a variety of small and mid-sized companies, start ups, entrepreneurs and both US and foreign high net worth individuals. His 25 years of experience includes an aggregate of $3 billion in corporate, finance, private equity, fund formation and M&A transactions with New York law firms and the International Finance Corporation. Before starting his solo practice, he was General Counsel of both an SEC-registered investment advisory firm and a $350 million multinational public company. He has also served as a Senior Advisor at both the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. State Department. He received is JD cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, and his AB in Government with High Honors from Dartmouth College.

Bio: Hillary is a strategy and business development executive with nearly twenty years of experience across a variety of industries. At CVS Caremark (now CVS Health), she was responsible for identifying business development opportunities in adjacent markets and leading target due diligence efforts. She also spent several years with Bain & Company specializing in strategy and operations for healthcare and retail clients as well as due diligence for private equity clients. Hillary started her career in the Transaction Advisory Services group of Ernst & Young and is currently the Vice President of Finance and Strategic Planning at GeoMark Research, a geochemical advisory services firm. She received a BA in economics and public policy from Duke and an MBA from Dartmouth.

Bio: Emily is a seasoned business development executive with expertise in growing global businesses with a focus on strategic planning, launching new start-up operations, managing mergers and acquisitions, establishing successful business partnerships, and negotiating long-term profitable agreements. Since 2007 she has served as Sr. Vice President of International Business for The Pokémon Company International, helping guide the growth of the company outside of Asia. Prior to Pokémon she held leadership roles in business development at Microsoft in the Casual Games Group and Microsoft Office Live, at Wizards of the Coast (acquired by Hasbro), and at Disney. Emily holds a BA in Computer Science from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bio: Matt has worked with emerging tech companies since 1996. Now at Ascent, Matt he focuses on investments in data analytics, business SaaS, and security. Earlier at Alex Brown & Sons, a leading tech investment bank, he helped execute IPO and M&A transactions. He then moved to Norwest Venture Partners, where he worked on enterprise technology venture investment. Matt has a double major in computer science and economics from Yale and an MBA from the Tuck (Tuck Scholar).

Bio: Laura is COO of Mobilize, a Series A startup. She has been CEO of two venture-backed startups, selling Catch to Apple and dramatically increasing the revenue at SugarSync (acq. by J2Global). Prior to SugarSync, Laura was general manager of the ZoneAlarm division at Check Point Software and VP of Marketing. At Yahoo, she served as global General Manager of the Yahoo Mail division. Earlier, she was Vice President of the Netscape browser division at AOL, and led marketing programs and Latin American sales at Informix Software Corp. Laura holds an AB in Government from Dartmouth, an MBA from Harvard, and 3ian MSFS from Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

Bio: Jenieri Cyrus (D’14) works as an investment associate at AEW Capital Management, a public & private pension adviser and private equity company focused on the commercial real estate industry. In this role, he is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and underwriting investment opportunities. Previously he was an analyst at HFF focused on mortgage brokerage and investment sales. He also serves as board member of Boston’s Real Estate Finance Association. Jenieri holds a BA in History from Dartmouth College.

Bio: Forrest is an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Odyssey Investment Partners, a middle market private equity firm investing in North American industrial and business services companies. Prior to Odyssey, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. A native of Maine, Forrest graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College where he received a BA in Government and was Treasurer of the Student Assembly.

Bio: Scott is an Associate at Staley Capital, a Boston-based Growth Equity firm focused on investments in B2B technology companies. Prior to Staley Capital, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Nomura Securities in New York. In addition to his role at Staley Capital, Scott is a Startup Mentor at MassChallenge, a non-profit startup accelerator. Scott graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in Economics and was a four-year member of the varsity sailing team.

Bio: Meghan is a second-year MBA candidate at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. At Tuck, she is a Director of the Tuck Social Venture Fund, a fellow at the Center for Digital Strategies, and serves on the board of Positive Tracks, an opportunity through the Center of Business, Government, and Society.

Bio: Shala is the Head of Business Development and Operations for The Satis Group, an end-to-end Initial Coin Offering advisory firm that provides legal, tax, and go to market advice for ICOs around the world. She has more than 10 years of business development and operations experience in technology and financial firms as well as government agencies. Prior to Satis; Shala was a Product and Research Team Manager at Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund that manages over $160 billion for more than 350 clients globally.

Bio: Chris has been involved with Green D Ventures since 2015. Currently, he is an Investment Analyst at Trusted Insight—a fund-of-funds investing in next generation VC structures and models. Previously he worked in Corporate Development and Operational roles at Endgame, a cybersecurity startup in Washington, DC. He is a D ’11 and now serves as his class representative on the Alumni Council.