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