Julia Valentine | COO
Julia Valentine oversees the House of Vanderbilt operations. Ms. Valentine is a technology leader and family office executive with deep experience in global investment management. She has held senior roles at J.P. Morgan, D. E. Shaw, and Mousse Partners, and previously served as CTO/COO and management team member of a $110 billion fund.
Jennifer Katrulya is the Founder and CEO of Kajora Global Family Network, a by-invitation platform and community for single- and multifamily offices, institutional investors, fund managers, and founders who are shaping the future of private capital.
Jennifer is a multi-exit entrepreneur with a portfolio of companies across the professional services, technology, and investment sectors, and brings decades of firsthand operational experience to her work with clients and partners. She currently serves as a Venture Partner at Audere Capital, a global venture firm led by founders behind multiple unicorns and backed by visionary investors.
Jennifer Katrulya | Chair of the Advisory Board
Chris Hetner | Advisor
Chris Hetner is a Senior Executive, Board Director, and leader in Cybersecurity. He is the Special Advisor for Cyber Risk for the NACD, Board of Directors for the NACD CT Chapter, Chair of the Cybersecurity, AI and Privacy Council for the NASDAQ Center for Board Excellence, Board of Directors for Simulint, Research Affiliate with MIT Sloan School of Management and Executive Member of the Latino Corporate Director Association.
Pete Thurlow | Advisor
Pete Thurlow is an experienced patent lawyer, focused on presenting strategies to help protect inventors, small businesses and multinational corporations’ intellectual property rights. He is a shareholder and Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering Patent Prosecution Chair at Polsinelli. Pete has built a versatile and sophisticated practice largely focused on companies actively engaged in innovation.
Based on Pete's extensive experience working on matters at the USPTO, he served on the USPTO's Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) from 2012 to 2018 based on an appointment from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
Marcia Nelson | Advisor
Marcia is a Managing Director at Freedom Capital Markets (FCM) and oversees the family office division. The majority of her career has been working in and for family offices and private dealmakers. Prior to FCM, Marcia was a Managing Director and head of business development for ShareNett, a members-only global network of professional investors, and she worked previously at Alberleen Family Office Solutions, an independent investment advisory firm backed by family offices.
Jonathan Zaback | Advisor
With nearly 30 years of PR experience advising the world’s most influential leaders and organizations across nearly every industry, Jonathan specializes in elevating leaders’ stature with key stakeholders, alongside expertise in media relations, crisis management, and building strategic partnerships and alliances.
