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Bill Brownell

Investor

SV2 Board Treasurer at Silicon Valley

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Bill Brownell is a business leader focused on directing philanthropy and impact capital toward social problems. He serves as Board Treasurer, Partner, and Investment Committee Member at SV2, which supports San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits and social enterprises, and sits on the Board of Schwab Charitable. His prior business roles include Chief Strategy Officer at Hewlett Packard, Senior Vice President at Cisco Systems, and senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group; he holds an MBA from Stanford GSB, an MPP from Harvard's Kennedy School, and a BA from Stanford University.

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Invests in

Impact & Social Good

Experience

  1. Schwab CharitableBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  2. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2)Board Membercurrent2012 — present
  3. Hewlett-PackardChief Strategy Officer2013 — 2015
  4. Cisco SystemsSenior Vice President2001 — 2013
  5. The Boston Consulting GroupVice President and Director1988 — 2000

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
  2. Harvard UniversityMPP
  3. Stanford UniversityBA
  4. Punahou School

Skills & more

Marketing17Go-to-market Strategy29Business Strategy25Business Development23Competitive Analysis20Management Consulting14Entrepreneurship8Program Management8Marketing Strategy6Data Center5Sales Enablement3Nonprofits2
+12 moreStrategic CommunicationsStrategic PartnershipsOrganizational EffectivenessTeam BuildingOrganizational DevelopmentOrganizational LeadershipNon-profit Board DevelopmentBoard GovernanceStrategyLeadershipStrategic PlanningManagement

From Bill's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,144 more

Also attended Harvard University1,173

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Also attended Punahou School18

Nathan YamamotoInvestor at True VenturesChristopher BurniskePartner at Placeholder VCRobin ChanInvestor at Goat CapitalEve MalerVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesZak StoneAdvisor at Katalyst VenturesBen GottliebPrincipal at Agman Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Hewlett-Packard212

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 206 more

Also worked at Cisco Systems249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

+ 243 more

Also worked at The Boston Consulting Group681

David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures

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Investments

Board seats

Pasturemap Inc.

Per the firm's website.

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