Joanna Coles is the chairwoman and CEO of Northern Star Acquisition Company, and Executive Producer of ABC Freeform’s highly acclaimed The Bold Type, now in its fifth season and inspired by her career. She is the former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, responsible for 300 magazines globally. She sits on the public Board of Directors of Snap Inc. (Snapchat) and Sonos; and private companies Density, Blue Mistral, and the non-profit Women Entrepreneurs New York City.
Jon Ledecky is co-owner of the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League. He is a private equity investor who has been the co-founder or initial investor in companies that have raised over $20 billion in financing. Jon founded U.S. Office Products in 1994 and by 1997 the Company had become the fastest entrant ever in the history of the Fortune 500 with annualized sales of nearly $4 billion. Jon is an honors graduate of Harvard College and also graduated from Harvard Business School.
Jim Brady is the founder and owner of Brady Enterprises, which provides financial, legal and strategic services to growth companies. He brings experience in financial management, business development, corporate development and capital transactions for growth companies.
Mr. Brady received a B.A. from the College of William and Mary, a J.D. from George Washington National Law Center and a M.B.A. from The University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business.
Brett Cyrgalis is an experienced journalist and best-selling author who has pivoted into the business world. His investigative skills have translated into thorough due diligence, with a keen eye toward critical thinking and character analysis. He was a sports writer at the New York Post from 2006-2020, leading daily coverage of the NHL and golf and investigating feature stories.
Mr. Cyrgalis received a BA in English from Villanova University (2006), with a minor in Writing and Rhetoric.
Sarah Sclarsic has served as a member of the board of directors of Pivotal Investment Corporation II since June 2019. Ms. Sclarsic is a technology entrepreneur and advisor, consulting for companies in a wide range of areas, from drone delivery to financial software to gene therapy, advising them on fundraising, business strategy, key hires and communications. Since September 2018, Ms. Sclarsic has been conducting research at the MIT Media Lab, an interdisciplinary research laboratory.
David Shapiro is a proven business leader with over 20 years of broad-based experience driving cash flow and enterprise value creation for publicly-traded and privately-held media, internet and technology companies. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Propel Media, a global digital media and marketing technology company. David was also responsible for Propel Media’s acquisition of DeepIntent, a high-growth healthcare marketing technology platform.
David resides in Beverly Hills, CA with his wife and 2 children.
Kirsten Green formed San Francisco-based Forerunner Ventures in 2010 where she serves as Founder and Managing Partner. She also served on the board of Dollar Shave Club and Bonobos, two Forerunner portfolio companies sale transactions of note.Prior to Forerunner, Kirsten was an equity research analyst and investor at Banc of America Securities, covering publicly traded retail and consumer stocks. Kirsten graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Business Economics and earned a CPA license and CFA certification.
Maryann Turcke has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2021. Since September 2020, Ms. Turcke has served as a Senior Advisor to Brookfield Asset Management in its infrastructure division. In addition, Ms. Turcke is a Director on the board of the Royal Bank of Canada.Ms. Turcke received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Queen's University, a master's degree in engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Queen's School of Business.