Executive Officer, Director at Germ Network

Where does Tessa Brown work?

Tessa Brown is Founder of Germ Network.

What companies did Tessa Brown found?

Tessa Brown founded Germ Network.

Where did Tessa Brown go to school?

Tessa Brown studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Religion, Creative Writing, cum laude); Syracuse University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Composition and Cultural Rhetoric with a certificate in Women's and Gender Studies); University of Michigan (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing - Fiction).

Tessa Brown

Founder

Founder at Germ Network

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGerm Network

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Mozilla Venturessince 2022

Experience

Germ NetworkCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2022 — present
Harper's MagazineWriter and Researchercurrent2005 — present
Consultant2020 — 2022
Stanford UniversityLecturer, Program in Writing and Rhetoric2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Syracuse UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2013 — 2017Syracuse, New York Area
University of MichiganLecturer2011 — 2012

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Diversity & InclusionSocial MediaResearchEditingWritingProofreadingJournalismHigher EducationCopy EditingCommunity OutreachGrant WritingLiterature

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Resume WritingLiteracyCurriculum DesignQualitative ResearchUniversity TeachingTeaching English as a Second LanguageTeachingPublic SpeakingAcademic TutoringMentoringIntercultural CommunicationTeaching Writing

Languages Chinese · Spanish

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Who is Tessa Brown?: Executive Officer, Director at Germ Network
Where does Tessa Brown work?: Tessa Brown is Founder of Germ Network.
What companies did Tessa Brown found?: Tessa Brown founded Germ Network.
Where did Tessa Brown go to school?: Tessa Brown studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Religion, Creative Writing, cum laude); Syracuse University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Composition and Cultural Rhetoric with a certificate in Women's and Gender Studies); University of Michigan (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing - Fiction).

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Stanford University mafia1,932

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University of Michigan mafia338

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Erik TorenbergBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Villageglobal David R. WaltBachelor of Science - BSFounded Sherlock Biosciences +4 Eric LefkofskyFounded InnerWorkings +2 Chris VoigtBSEFounded Asimov +2 Val AgostinoB.S.E.Founded Monarch +2 Dillon ErbMaster of Architecture (M.Arch.)Founded Paperspace +2

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Syracuse University mafia59

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dennis CrowleyBSFounded Street FC +3 Drew KovenB.S. Whitman School of ManagementFounded Lawchamps +1 Kirthiga ReddyM.S.Founded Optimizegeo +1 Evan ChengMSFounded Sui +1 RK AnandMaster's DegreeFounded Recogni +1 Tesh DurvasulaBAFounded CyrusOne +1

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Same school

Also attended Princeton University879

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also attended Syracuse University165

Peter HébertPartner and Co-Founder at Lux Capital Mike DoddGeneral Partner at Silverton Partners JackPrincipal at Thomson Reuters Ventures Barbara BernsteinChief Human Resources Officer, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures Annie DeanChief Strategy Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners Craig WeaverLP · Investment Committee at ALIAVIA Ventures

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Also attended University of Michigan812

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of Turpentine Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista Capital Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America Scott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital Zach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear Ventures Tom DanilekPartner, Rise of the Rest Real Estate at Revolution

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Shared employers

Also worked at Stanford University1,044

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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Also worked at Syracuse University24

William YoungInvestor at Green Flag Emily LindbergAssociate & Head of Research at Undeterred Capital Anastasia BudinskayaInvestor at NFX Jeff McCormickManaging Partner at Saturn Partners Chuck StormonGeneral Partner at StartFast Ventures Kate BrodockGeneral Partner at The W Fund

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Also worked at University of Michigan178

Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTech Sara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTech Peter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture Partners Paul BrownManaging Director at eLab Ventures Doug NealManaging Director at eLab Ventures Cynthia JonesExecutive Assistant at Arboretum Ventures

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