RVF draws its membership from graduate and undergraduate students who work closely with the RVF management and advisory board, which consists of local venture capitalists, angel investors, attorneys, entrepreneurs, and business executives.
DIRECTORS
Karla Magana
Executive Director
Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting, Minor in Economics, 2024
Mav Garing
Director of Recruitment
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems (major) and Global Entrepreneurship (minor),Honors College, 2025
Jack Docev
Director of Membership
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, 2025
Zanthippie Macrae
Managing Director
Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Research & Creative Honors Systems, 2024
Yuliya Pearson
Director of Marketing and Education
MBA, Management Information System & Marketing Concentrations, 2023
Cristian Rosales
Director of Deal Flow
Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate, 2026
ASSOCIATES
Current RVF Associates
management board
Mark Brennan - Principal, Brennan Capital Partners
William Botts - Investor, Entrepreneur
Joe Murphy - Senior Vice President, Navegante Group
George Moncrief - Entrepreneur, Mentor
**Dan Steele - Founder, Influential and Input Strategic
Jeff Moskow - Founding Donor, Associate Professor
Leith Martin - Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship
Gerry Sanders, Ph.D. - Dean, Lee Business School
Rama Venkat - Dean, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
advisory board
Jim Nordstrom - Co-Founder of Famous Names
Janet Runge - Enrichment Coordinator, Entrepreneurial Programs
**Heather Wilde - CTO, Angel Investor, Coach, Speaker
ROCeteer Inc**
**Gian Brown, Esq. - Partner, Holland and Hart
Chris Myers, Esq. - Partner, Holland and Hart
John Loomis - COO Heligenics, Inc., Investor, StartUp NV Board Member
Jeff Spivak - Board Member/Director, Investor, Advisory Specialist & Entrepreneur
Darren Berkowitz - Co-founder and Vice President, TeleSign
Bo Bernhard, Ph.D. - Interim VP for Economic Development
Executive Director, UNLV Research Foundation
Sam Palazzolo - Managing Director, Tip of the Spear Ventures
Bill Payne - Investor, Entrepreneur
Will Cruz - President of Corp. Strategy, Nerudia
Sheldon Laube - Innovation Consultant, Laube Associates
Rahul Harkawat - Investor, Corporate Strategy Consultant, Business Development
Andrew Baca - Former Director, Caesars Innovation & Technology Strategy/Black Fire Innovation Center, Former RVF Executive Director, Entrepreneur
**Denotes Former Board Member
STUDENT ALUMNI
Fatemeh Firouzi**
Alicia Letchworth**
Benjamin Bishop**
Laura Anderson
Grant Anderson**
Brady Ard**
Ryan Arinas
Chester Ayos
Andrew Baca **
Patrik Balint
Nadege Barthelmy **
Martin Beck
Chris Benton
Minna Bertsch
Ben Birkman
Bradley Blankenship
Logan Brown**
Sean Borror **
Christopher Calles
Lucy Cantley **
Jeffrey Carroll
Alfredo Cifuentes
Connor Clark
Zachary Claus
Stefan Colovic **
Christopher Connell **
Pablo Cortez
Christopher Derbyshire (Alumni Director)
Rey DosSantos **
DeAnna English
Paulyna Garcia
Blake Pride-Zorn
Nardos Bekele
Stephanie Pohl
Viviana Mandujano
Dana Bae
Lazaro Sotolongo
Maria Ramos**
Kiara Sims
Peter Grema**
Felisa Mandujano Torres
Kyle Basarich**
Brian Garrido**
Jackie Guedry
Saman Fathizadeh
Tyler Franek
Matthew Fritz**
Judith Fuentes- Retolaza
Jeanne Gatchalian-Segal
Leonardo Georgescu
Anthony Gord
Isabel Guerra
Ian Hancock
Di He
Alex Hoffman
Christopher Humphrey
Mohsen Jahandardoost
Richard Johnson
Alvin Ko
Vincent Kwan**
Helena Lagos**
Rae-Bernadette Lacanlale**
Riva Lantaya
Jason Leduc
Sophia Liang **
Annie Lu
Chase Lumbert
Cody Massey **
Bradley Mayer **
Jakub Medrala **
Vinicius Passos
Zachary Claus
David Duval
Zach Sablan
Quentin Palazzo
Dan Schaefer
Krystal Middleton
Eric Lara
Christian Silva**
Trevor Papock
Fatemeh Firouzi**
Jace Meier
Tomas Nava**
Zach Nielsen
Patrick Opdyke
Matt Parkins
Jason Patel
Jordan Pilkington
Adam Reed
Roddrick Reed **
Khalon Richard **
Santiago Ricoy
Andres Gonzalez Roa
Ryan Rollo
Lilian Shen
Robert Sidell
Sophie Smith
Blake Storms
David Switzer
Justin Tran
Jeremiah Tremble
Jevin Tryon
Greg Vander Kamp
Tlamelo James (TJ) Wenzel **
Nate White
Beth Ok Kyung Wi
Guan Yun
Tim Zettel
Sam Stein
Deniz Baloglu
Michael Page
Melissa Priego
Da’Jaun Fradiue**
Bradley Jetter
Robert Hurtado
Borna Vaezi
Moulin Patel
Sean Medina**
Darlyn Magaña
Alicia Letchworth**
** Denotes Previous Directors