History will remember technology's leaders not just for exceptional financial results, but for the values and integrity of the companies they built.

 
 

About Us

Leaders in Tech provides programs for leaders of high-growth tech companies who are committed to building high-performing and culturally healthy organizations by offering a safe learning lab where participants can test ideas, challenge each other, and experiment with taking the interpersonal risks necessary for rapid learning and growth. 

Backed by a who’s who of technology investors, we foster an intimate community where leaders help each other grow as individuals and thoughtfully address the most pressing challenges and opportunities in their businesses.

Leaders in Tech is a 501(c)(3) organization.

 

Our Beginnings

Leaders in Tech took root in 2017, during a maelstrom of coverage around toxic workplace cultures at some of the fastest-growing tech startups.

It takes a village to create an ecosystem where positive leadership, building inclusive organizations, and making choices with your business to do the right thing are shared values and basic expectations. Our core belief is that leaders who operate this way will outperform those who don’t.

The first step toward that vision is a small group of individual leaders making a commitment to their own growth, supported and accelerated by the power of a close and growing community.

 

Our Programs

Our flagship 10-month Fellows Program provides in-depth leadership development for startup founders.

Our 4-day Retreats give founders and executive leaders an opportunity to experience the Fellows curriculum in a more condensed format.

 

Our Team

Co-founded by Carole Robin, Sue Khim, and Joe Greenstein, Leaders in Tech has a robust teaching team of instructors, facilitators, and executive coaches well-versed in supporting startup leaders. Meet the team

 

Sponsors

 

Nominators

Aamir Virani (Felicis Ventures)

Aaron Jacobson (NEA)

Abe Yokell (Congruent Ventures)

Aditi Maliwal (Upfront Ventures)

Aditya Naganath (Kleiner Perkins)

Aike Ho (ACME Capital)

Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures)

Alex Tonelli (Endurance Companies)

Alexander Taussig (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

Alexia Tsotsis (Dream Machine)

Alison Rosenthal (Leadout Capital)

Allie Mullen (Wireframe Ventures)

Allison Thoreson Bhusri (Lemonade Capital)

Amelia Lin (VC Backed Moms)

Amy Banse (Comcast Ventures)

Anarghya Vardhana (Maveron LLC)

Andrew Beebe (Obvious Ventures)

Andrew Lee (Esper Inc. )

Andrew Schoen (NEA)

Andy Chen (Coatue Management)

Andy Lam (The Space Between)

Angela Strange (Andreessen Horowitz)

Anita Hossain (First Round Capital)

Ann Miura-Ko (Floodgate)

Anne Dwane (Village Global)

Annie Kadavy (Redpoint Ventures)

Anthony Lee (Altos Ventures)

Anwar Barrow (Prudential Management Firm)

Aria Finger (Reid Hoffman)

Ariel Poler (Reveri)

Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital)

Ashley Bittner (Owl Ventures, LP)

Ashley Cravens (Uncork Capital)

Ashley Mayer (Social Capital)

Barry Eggers (Lightspeed Ventures)

Ben Casnocha (Village Global)

Bijan Sabet (Spark Capital)

Bill Perkins (Skylar Capital Management LP)

Brad Feld (Foundry Group)

Brad Horowitz (Wisdom Ventures)

Brandon Avrutin (LCap)

Brett Berson (First Round)

Brett Brohl (Bread and Butter Ventures)

Carol Wong (re. creation)

Caroline Talley (Resolute Ventures)

Catha Groot (Radicle Impact Partners)

Catherine Norman (Shasta Ventures)

Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital)

Charles Hudson (Precursor VC)

Chian Gong (Reach Capital)

Christiaan Vorkink (True Ventures)

Craig Sherman (Meritech Capital)

Cynthia Hess (Fenwick)

Cynthia Ringo (DBL Investors)

Dani Metz Shuval (Initialized Capital)

Daniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures)

Dasha Maggio (Felicis Ventures)

Dave Kashen (Fearless Ventures)

David Belden (a16z)

David Cohen (Techstars)

David Fraga

David Hornik (August Capital)

David King (Curious Endeavors)

David Mount (G2VP)

David Stewart (LiveOak Venture Partners)

Earnest Sweat

Elana Berkowitz (Springbank Collective)

Elisa Schreiber (Greylock)

Emmett Shear (YC, formerly Twitch)

Eric Antonow (Metabolic Inc. )

Eric Wu (Opendoor)

Erik Torenberg (Village Global)

Ethan Kurzweil (Bessemer Ventures)

Evan Tana (Script Capital)

Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners)

Fouad ElNaggar (Sapho)

Gabe Kleinman (Obvious Ventures)

Garry Tan (Initialized Capital)

Geoff Ralston (Y Combinator)

George Bishof (Meritech Capital)

Gus Tai (Trinity Ventures)

Harj Taggar (Y Combinator)

Helen Zelman (Lemnos Labs)

Hillá Watkins (Congruent Ventures)

Hunter Walk (Homebrew)

Ilan Gur (Cyclotron Road)

Isabelle Hau (Omidyar)

Jake Saper (Emergence Capital)

James Currier (NFX)

James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures)

Janou Gordon (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

Jared Fliesler (Square)

Jason Green (Emergence Capital)

Jason Heltzer (Origin Ventures)

Jen Yip (Founders You Should Know)

Jennifer Aaker (Stanford GSB)

Jennifer Carolan (Reach Capital)

Jenny Belotserkovsky (JCF Accelerator)

Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle)

Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Ventures)

Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital)

Jessica Mah (Indinero)

Jessica Peltz Zatulove (Hannah Grey)

Joanna Drake (Magnify VC)

Joanna Riley (Censia)

John China (SVB)

John Danner (Dunce Capital)

John Lilly (Greylock)

John Yurcisin (Change.org)

Jon Callahan (True Ventures)

Josh Elman (Greylock)

Josh Felser (Freestyle)

Josh Hannah (Independent Investor)

Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital)

Julia Popowitz (ARF Investments)

Julie Weber (The Helm)

Jyri Engestrom (Yes VC)

Kanjun Qiu (Generally Intelligent)

Kara Nortman (Upfront)

Kat Mañalac (Y Combinator)

Kate Beardsley (Hannah Grey)

Kate Doerksen (Luna)

Kathleen Estreich (Pear VC)

Katie Jacobs Stanton (Moxxie Ventures)

Keely Anson (Collaborative Fund)

Kesha Cash (Impact America)

Kevin Carter (SV Angel)

Kevin Hartz (Eventbrite)

Kieran Snyder (Textio)

Kristen Berman (Irrational Labs)

Kristen Hamilton (Enjoy the Work)

Kwiri Yang (Second Time Founders)

Lainy Painter Singh (Craft Ventures)

Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures)

Lara Druyan (Silicon Valley Data Capital)

Larry Yu (Accel)

Lauren Kolodny (Acrew Capital)

Laurie Yoler (Playground Global)

Leah Busque (Fuel Capital)

Leah Pearlman (Dharma Comics)

Lee Linden (Quiet Capital)

Lindsay Lee (Authentic Ventures)

Lindsay Verstegen (Shoprunner)

Lisa Wu (Northwest Venture Partners)

Luke Pappas (NEA)

Lynn Taliento (McKinsey & Company)

Maha Ibrahim (Canaan Partners)

Maisy Samuelson (Pinterest)

Manan Mehta (Unshackled Ventures)

Mar Hershenson (Pear VC)

Mark Sugarcane (MHS Capital)

Meaghan Rose (Rocksbox)

Meredith Kendall (Lightspeed Ventures)

Mia Lewin (TheFounderVC)

Michael McCullough (BrainMind)

Michelle Gale (Wisdom 2.0)

Michelle Gonzalez (Influencer Series)

Michelle McHargue (Cowboy Ventures)

Mike Gamson (LinkedIn)

Mike Hirshland (Resolute Ventures)

Mike McCormick (GreatPoint Ventures)

Molly Graham (angel investor)

Morgan Beller (Facebook)

Naomi Ionita (Menlo Ventures)

Natalie Foster (Economic Security Project)

Nichol Bradford (Transformative Tech Lab)

Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Shasta Ventures)

Otis Chandler (Goodreads)

Paul Freedman (Entangled Ventures)

Pete Flint (NFX)

Peter Pham (Science)

Peter Segall (Insight Venture Partners)

Phineas Barnes (First Round)

Raj Kapoor (Climactic)

Rachel Sheinbein (Makeda Capital)

Randy Ching (UP2398)

Ritu Narayan (Zum)

Rick Yang (NEA)

Rob Chess (Nektar)

Rob Go (Next View)

Rob Hayes (First Round)

Rob Hutter (Learn Capital)

Rob Ward (Meritech Capital)

Ron Beller (Branch Hill)

Ross Fubini (Village Global)

Roy Bahat (Bloomberg Beta)

Ruchi Sangvi (South Park Commons)

Ruchika Siri (Acrobator)

Saar Gur (Charles River Ventures)

Samara Hernandez (Chingona Ventures)

Sarah Guo (Conviction Capital)

Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital)

Sarah Pinto (Emerson Collective)

Satya Patel (Homebrew)

Sergio Paluch (Beta Boom)

Seth Miller (Fearless Ventures)

Shaherose Charania (First Funders)

Shamin Walsh (BAM Ventures)

Shannon Stubo (LinkedIn)

Shauntel Poulson (Reach Capital)

Shayna Harris (Supply Change Capital)

Shripriya Mahesh (Spero Ventures)

Shruti Gandhi (Array VC Enterprise Investments and Focus)

Sierra Peterson (Voyager)

Sonali De Rycker (Accel)

Sonja Perkins (Perkins Fund)

Sophie Purdom (Climate Tech VC)

Stephanie Palmeri (Uncorked)

Stephanie Rich (Bread and Butter Ventures)

Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital)

Steve Krausz (USVP)

Steve Loughlin (Accel)

Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital)

Suneel Gupta (author, RISE)

Tabreez Verjee (Uprising)

Talia Goldberg (Bessemer Venture PARTNERS)

Tara Perillo (Initialized Capital)

Taryn Pei (Quiet Capital)

Taylor Bernal (Constanoa Ventures)

Ted Wang (Cowboy Ventures)

Tess Hatch (Bessemer Venture Partners)

Thomas Knowles (Gratitude Railroad)

Tim Chang (Mayfield)

Trae Vassallo (Defy VC)

Tyler Willis (Tradecraft Capital)

Wayee Chu (Reach Capital)

Whitnie Narcisse (First Round)

Will Kohler (Lightspeed Ventures)

Xuezhao Lan (Basis Set Ventures)

Yanda Erlich (Outlier Ventures)

Zac Zeitlin (New Ground Ventures)

Zoe Weinberg (ex/ante)

Special thanks to our Fellows Alumni nominators