Joanna Rees Gallanter Named to National Venture Capital Association Board; Gallanter to Serve 4 Year Term.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2004 Joanna Rees Gallanter, Founder and Managing Partner of Venture Strategy Partners ("VSP VSP - Very Simple Prolog+. "), was elected to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA NVCA National Venture Capital Association ) board of directors, it was announced today. Ms. Rees Gallanter will serve a 4 year term, and will initially focus on the membership and research committees. Ms. Rees Gallanter joins 7 other new board members who will serve as advisors to the NVCA. The NVCA was established in 1973 to foster a better understanding of the important impact venture capital has on the U.S. economy and to stimulate the flow of private risk equity capital to developing companies. Today, the NVCA is the venture community's leading source of advocacy, networking, professional development and information. "Joanna Rees Gallanter is a terrific addition to our leadership team," said Mark Heesen, President of the NVCA. "Her expertise as both an investor and an entrepreneur will position Joanna to make a tangible contribution to the NVCA. We look forward to working with her." Ms. Rees Gallanter founded VSP, a San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden based venture capital firm with more than $200 million under management, in late 1996. "I am pleased and honored to be joining the board of the National Venture Capital Association," said Ms. Rees Gallanter. "As a spokesperson for the NVCA in recent years, I've seen first hand the important work the association does on behalf of the industry and entrepreneurs. I'm excited about the opportunity to work directly with NVCA team to support the venture capital sector in public policy issues, as well as focus on education and networking platforms for our members." Ms. Rees Gallanter brings significant experience in marketing, finance and strategy to her role as board member. She has held several senior marketing management positions with Groupe Danone Groupe Danone (Euronext: BN, NYSE: DA) (known as Dannon in the United States) is a food-product company with its central headquarters in Paris, France. It claims world leadership in dairy products,[1] , a $20+ billion global consumer products firm with her last position as head of New Product Development. In addition, she has held roles in finance and investment banking including positions at BA Securities and a boutique merchant bank, Vrolyk & Co. She began her career at DMB&B, working with clients such as General Foods, Digital Equipment Corp, Texaco and RJR Nabisco RJR Nabisco, Inc., was an American conglomerate formed in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. RJR Nabisco was purchased in 1988 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the second largest leveraged buyout in history, adjusted for inflation. . The World Economic Forum selected Ms. Rees Gallanter as a Year 2000 Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT GLT Gestion Logistique et Transport (French) GLT Global Leadership Team GLT Golden Lion Tamarin GLT Großladungsträger (German) GLT Guided Light Transit GLT Grundlagentraining ) for individuals who hold positions "of considerable power, influence and responsibility," and are "global in terms of their accomplishments and potential." She has continued to participate as a World Economic Forum GLT since her selection. The National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10. named her "The 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year Rising Star". Most recently, the Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues. selected Ms. Rees Gallanter for its 2002 Class of Henry Crown Fellows, a program designed to develop the next generation of community-spirited business leaders. Active in the non-profit community, Ms. Rees Gallanter serves on the Board of New Schools Venture Fund, whose mission is to improve public K-12 education by supporting a growing community of education entrepreneurs and on the Advisory board of National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty) or Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship ("NFTE NFTE National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship NFTE Notes From The Edge NFTE Network Facility Terminating Equipment "). Ms. Rees Gallanter currently serves on the Board of Directors of Mirra, Neuroscience Solutions, Sabrix and Candera and participates on the boards of Danger and QuinStreet. She earned her MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Columbia University (beta gamma sigma Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has over 580,000 members, selected from 460 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools. ) and a BS from Duke University where she was a member of the varsity gymnastics team. About Venture Strategy Partners: Venture Strategy Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, invests in early-stage companies helping build sustainable, high-growth businesses through active partnership and positioning. Founded on the belief that the value of technological innovation is only maximized through a defined positioning in the marketplace, Venture Strategy Partners' internal and external team of experts work alongside entrepreneurs to establish category and brand-leadership. Find out more at http://www.venturestrategy.com About the NVCA NVCA is the trade association that represents the venture capital industry. It is a member-based organization. Its membership consists of venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and organizations who manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in young, emerging companies. Currently, the NVCA represents 460 member firms, representing the majority of venture capital invested in US based companies. NVCA's mission is to foster the understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the US and global economies; to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government; to maintain high professional industry standards; facilitate networking opportunities; and to provide research data and professional development for its members. Visit their website at http://www.nvca.org The American Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth (AEEG AEEG American Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth AEEG Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth ), is the affiliate organization of the National Venture Capital Assocation (NVCA). The AEEG is the largest nationwide network of emerging growth companies that focuses on public policy issues impacting rapidly growing enterprises. AEEG represents over 12,000 CEOs of emerging growth companies. 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