GMN Mentors

After a storied 34-year career in the U.S. Army, General Stanley McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group to deliver innovative leadership solutions to American businesses and help them transform and succeed in challenging, dynamic environments.

Audrey Cooper is Editor in Chief of WNYC Public Radio. She was the first female Editor in Chief of the San Francisco Chronicle in the company’s 154-year history and the youngest woman in U.S. history to run a major metro newsroom.

Sal Khan founded the Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Today, more than 18 million people visit the platform every month from all over the globe.

In addition to being an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion figure skater, Kristi Yamaguchi is the founder of the Always Dream Foundation, supporting early childhood education.

After 7 years at IBM, Leah Solivan founded TaskRabbit, scaling the pioneering on-demand marketplace into 44 cities before its sale to Ikea. As a Partner at Fuel Capital, she is passionate about supporting teams taking on world-changing ideas.

Tim Draper is a third-generation venture capitalist and the founder of Draper University. His investments in Skype, Tesla, Hotmail, and more built his reputation as a world-renowned tech investor.

Keith Krach has brought transformational leadership to engineering, commerce, education, philanthropy, and technology. His goal as a founder of the Global Mentor Network is to help develop the next generation of transformational leaders thru mentorship.

Sylvia Acevedo wears many hats: rocket scientist, author, entrepreneur, and more. In addition to serving as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, she is also a Commissioner on the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

During his tenure as NASA’s longest-serving Administrator, Dan Goldin transformed America’s aeronautics and space program. His “faster, better, cheaper” approach enabled NASA to deliver high-value programs without sacrificing safety.

Michael Mondavi is widely credited with helping establish and build the Napa Valley wine industry. He co-founded the Robert Mondavi Winery with his father in 1966, remaining active in the community ever since, both as a winemaker and a civic leader.

Michael Brown co-founded City Year intending to mobilize idealistic young people for a year of service in systematically under resourced schools. He believes in the concept of voluntary national service as means of building a stronger democracy.

Ruth Porat currently serves as the chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc. and Google Inc. Previously, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley.

Komal Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Copia, an excess food management solution that is responsible for recovering 900,000 pounds of food and feeding up to 2 million people a year.

As CEO of DocuSign, Dan Springer leads employees to empower organizations to achieve their digital transformation goals. Dan has 30 years of executive leadership and experience driving innovation and hyper-growth across the Software-as-a-Service industry.

Kara Goldin is the founder & CEO of Hint, a healthy lifestyle brand that produces unsweetened flavored water, sunscreen that’s oxybenzone and paraben-free and deodorant made from 100% plant-derived ingredients.

Nikole Collins-Puri is a social justice visionary, strategist, advocate & mentor. She is committed to unleashing the potential of untapped communities, empowering girls to pursue STEM careers and achieve economic mobility & financial security.

Amy has over 20 years of experience investing in, starting and building companies at Comcast. She was the founder of Comcast’s digital media division and led the team that established Comcast’s cross-platform product strategy.

Vijay Advani is Executive Chairman of Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA. Before joining Nuveen, he was Co-President of Franklin Templeton Investments, where he had a 20-year career. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at the World Bank.

Prior to becoming publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, Fred Ryan was president and COO of Allbritton Communications Company and founding CEO and president of Politico. He was chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan from 1989-1995.

Atul Tandon has spent his career successfully leading some of the world’s largest, best-known and most impactful for- and non-profit enterprises. His work spans several industries, from banking and e-commerce to humanitarian relief and development.

Prior to co-founding Acrew Capital, Theresia Gouw was a founding partner at Aspect Ventures and a Managing General Partner at Accel. She has with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions, including Trulia, Hotel Tonight, and LearnVest.

Kim Breier has more than 20 years of experience in foreign policy. Most recently, she served as Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State under the Trump Administration.

Benno Dorer spent his career in the consumer goods industry. He has been the CEO and Chair of Clorox since November 2014 and August 2016, respectively. He was named the most popular US CEOs while at Clorox on GlassDoor.

As founder and chief executive of The RealReal, Julie Wainwright has created one of the most successful online luxury consignment sites.