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.

• Kenneth E. Arnold – Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Lifespan, Providence, RI
• Andrea J. Corcoran, Esq – former General Counsel, ToleRx, Inc., Cambridge, MA
• Geoffrey Davis – Senior Partner, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA
• William Foulkes – Faculty Member, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
• Katherine Gordon, Ph.D. – Managing Director, Technology Ventures Office, Brown University, Providence, RI
• Raymond Mathieu – former Managing Director and CFO, Providence Equity Partners, Providence, RI
• James C. Maynard – Senior Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank, Newton, MA
• Joseph Pignato – Chief Financial Officer, Swipely, Inc., Providence, RI
• Peter Snyder – Senior Vice President of Research, Lifespan, Providence, RI
• Richard Spies – former EVP Planning & Senior Advisor, Brown University, Providence, RI