Pier 70 Ventures

Preetha Ram is Managing Partner at Pier 70 Ventures, where she manages portfolio investments, deal flow, and portfolio company development. She previously founded and led OpenStudy, a peer-to-peer online learning community that she scaled to over 60 million learners and exited, and has held academic leadership roles at Emory University, Alliant University, and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from Yale, an MBA from Emory University, and studied at the Indian Institute of Technology.

Miller is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Pier 70 Ventures, where he handles investor development and relations and helps lead the firm's deal flow strategy. He previously served as VP Global R&D Strategy at The Boeing Company and President of Boeing Phantom Works Investments, and later was EVP for Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary at Integral Systems, Inc. Trained as a lawyer, he began his career advising early-stage technology companies on financing and business matters, and holds a BA from Seattle University and a JD from the University of Puget Sound School of Law.

Shaun Hawkins is a Managing Partner at Pier 70 Ventures, where he manages investments and builds the portfolio with a focus on healthtech. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and life sciences investing, and previously served as Vice President of New Ventures and Private Equity at Eli Lilly and Company, where he helped create a $450 million Capital Funds Portfolio. He is the founder of Prosyte Companies, which includes Auxigen Health and Auxigen Medical, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Former NASA astronaut and aerospace materials science research engineer who co-chaired a White House National Science and Technology Council committee on STEM education.

Dean at the University of Virginia, co-founder of ImmuneWorks, board member at Baxter International, and former Major in the USAF.

MD, MPH, MPA affiliated with MGH/HMS; MLK Scholar, former CDC Communications Fellow, and Gold Congressional Award winner.

Technical Director in the Office of the CTO at Google Cloud, focused on enterprise digital transformation, advanced manufacturing, and ESG.

Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF, FDA Science Board member, Rosenman Institute founding fellow, and Medical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at UCSF.

Investor at LRG Ventures and Chief of Staff and Director of Financial Operations at Liotta Research Group.

Head of Sales & GTM for Google Cloud HCLS, focused on AI, digital health, cloud transformation, and strategic growth.

Digital health leader, clinician executive, founder, and board chair; director of digital health innovation.