Investment Committee & Board of Directors

The Slater Technology Fund is guided by an investment committee composed of a unique mix of institutional investors and development experts that bring decades of VC expertise and economic development experience to bear on Slater’s investment model.

• Geoffrey Davis – Senior Partner, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA
• Charles Hazard – General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners, Boston, MA
• Scott B. Laurans – President, ESM, Inc.,  Providence, RI
• James C. Maynard – Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank, Newton, MA
• Mark A. Pelson – General Partner, PCI, LLC, Boston, MA

Slater’s Board of Directors, whose members represent a variety of constituencies dedicated to building an innovation-based economy in Rhode Island, includes representatives from government, private industry, venture finance, law, and academic and research communities.

• Keith W. Stokes – Chairman of the Board & Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Providence, RI
• Kenneth E. Arnold – Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Lifespan, Providence, RI
• Clyde L. Briant – Vice President for Research, Brown University, Providence, RI
• Andrea J. Corcoran, Esq – General Counsel & Secretary, ToleRx, Inc., Cambridge, MA
• Geoffrey Davis – Senior Partner, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA
• Scott B. Laurans – President, ESM, Inc.,  Providence, RI
• James C. Maynard – Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank, Newton, MA
• Donald B. McNaughton – former Senior Vice President, Corning, Inc., Providence, RI