Seed-Stage Investor and Advisor; Founder and Former CEO of Newfield Wireless
Marc Bensadoun graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Physics in ‘83 and from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Physics in 1991. A physicist by training, Marc Bensadoun splits his time between seed-stage investing with his wife Cristina Hawes-Bensadoun, board and advisory roles, and developing technology ideas. During his PhD and post-doctoral study at Berkeley he worked in experimental astrophysics for eight years at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Nobel Laureate George Smoot. Mr. Bensadoun then founded Newfield Wireless, initially to help mobile network...
Kathy Kwan is a local philanthropist who funds a broad range of educational, safety net, and leadership/career development programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. At UC Berkeley, Ms. Kwan supports programs in Student Affairs, the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, the College of Letters & Science, and the School of Journalism. Previously, she funded projects at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the School of Public Health, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She also provided a $1 million match for the 2020 Student Emergency Fund. Ms. Kwan serves on...
Akiko Mikumo is a retired senior partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a global law firm headquartered in New York City that she joined as an associate in 1982. She served on the firm’s management committee for 12 years, as Asia managing partner for 10 years, and as a senior mergers and acquisitions partner in their New York, London, and Hong Kong offices. In addition, she was founding partner of the Hong Kong office. Ms. Mikumo is recognized as one of the leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers by various publications. After retiring at the end of 2017, Ms. Mikumo was a...
