Dr. Jaleh Daie is Managing Partner at Aurora Equity. She is a strategic leader with contributions in private and public sectors. A noted life scientist and WITI Hall of Famer, she has had the honor of serving administrations of three Presidents and receiving a US Congressional Citation. She served as head of science at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Rutgers Univ. and UW-Madison (professor, dept. chair, founding chief executive of multidisciplinary center, founding director of graduate program) and as “first woman” in numerous leadership positions. Her service on boards includes: A6 Corp, Nokia Innovent, Investigen, Linkore, LightFull Foods, Selection Panel of White House Fellows; chairman, Council of Scientific Society Presidents; President, Assoc. for Women in Science; CRDF Global; Commonwealth Club; US Space Foundation; Dean’s Council, UC-Davis. Her honors include: Teksia Lifetime Achievement; honorary doctorate-Dominican University; Fellow, AAAS; Fellow, AWIS; “25 Smartest Who Make a Difference” and The Scientist’s “Leaders of Science”