Leadership

John Mack

Morgan Stanley

John J. Mack is a Senior Advisor of both Morgan Stanley and KKR. He retired as Chairman of the Board of Morgan Stanley at the end of 2011 and also served as Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley from June 2005 until December 2009.

John first joined Morgan Stanley in 1972 as a bond trader, rose steadily to manage the firm’s fixed income division from 1985 to 1992, served as the company’s CEO from 2005 to 2010, and as chairman from 2005 to 2011. He is credited for steering Morgan Stanley through the financial crisis, maintaining the firm’s independence and overseeing the firm’s conversion to a bank holding company. Before rejoining Morgan Stanley as Chairman and CEO in June 2005, he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Group and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston.

Renaud Laplanche

Lending Club

As CEO Renaud is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and operation of Lending Club. Renaud has appeared in many leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, BusinessWeek and Barrons'. Renaud has been featured on CNBC, ABC News and Fox Business News.

Before Lending Club, Renaud was the Founder & CEO of TripleHop Technologies, an enterprise software company acquired by Oracle Corporation in June 2005. Prior to that, Renaud was a Senior Associate at New York law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. In 2002, he was honored with the HEC Entrepreneur of the Year award. Renaud has also won the French sailing championship twice, in 1988 and 1990.

Renaud has a Masters of Business Administration from HEC and London Business School and a JD from Montpellier University.

Jeff Crowe

Norwest Venture Partners

Jeff Crowe joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2004, focusing on seed and mid stage investments in the software, Internet, and consumer arenas. Prior to Norwest, Jeff served as President, COO and board member of DoveBid, Inc., a privately held business auction firm which expanded during his tenure via internal growth and acquisition from a $10M revenue run rate to a $120M revenue run rate with 400 employees. He currently serves on the boards of AdChina, AllReach Media, Badgeville, deCarta, Extole, Nano-Tex, Snapfinger, SocialVibe, Turn, and WhaleShark Media. Jeff is also actively involved with Lashou.

Daniel T. Ciporin

Canaan Partners

Dan Ciporin joined Canaan Partners in 2007 as a Venture Partner specializing in digital media and communications investments. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Shopping.com, the pioneer in online comparison shopping, where he oversaw growth from zero to over $100 million in revenue in just five years, culminating in the company’s IPO in October 2004 and later acquisition by eBay in 2005. Prior to Shopping.com, Dan served as senior vice president of MasterCard International, where he managed global debit services. Dan also sits on the board of OpenSky, Gemvara, and Peer 39.

Rebecca Lynn

Morgenthaler Ventures

Rebecca Lynn joined Morgenthaler Ventures in 2007. She focuses on early-stage investments in mobile, internet services, health, and financial services. Rebecca began her career at Procter and Gamble where she worked in international new product market entry. She then spent four years at NextCard where she led product development efforts and later served as the Vice President of Marketing where she managed one of the top five largest online marketing efforts. After NextCard, she ran her own consulting business focusing on online marketing for financial services and affiliate marketing. She serves on the boards of Pageonce and Socrata, and is second on the board of Adara Media.