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GTA GOALS

Sharing knowledge among members that advances the technology field and members’ interests in the industry

Advising Georgetown on technology needs and uses at the university

Raising Georgetown’s profile in technology and entrepreneurial businesses

Mentoring Georgetown students interested in pursuing careers in the field

Serving as advocates and exemplars of the University within the industry and community

GTA BOARD & OFFICERS

Current Board:
Co-President: Melissa Tidwell (C’99), Reddit
Co-President: Michael Shim (C’95), True North Cos
Treasurer: Scott Morse (F’74, MSFS’83)
Secretary: Heather Stephenson (C’95, MA’96) Old School
Kevin Barry (C’90) Schweichler Price Mullarkey & Barry
Maureen Rutter Brown (C’81), Stanford, President Emeritus
Mike Callahan (F’90), LinkedIn
Fabio Rosati (B’87), UpWork
Jamil Poonja (C'12), Thumbtack
Ned Segal (C’96), Intuit
Trae Stephens (F'06), Founders Fund
Arthur Woods (B’10), Imperative
Emeritus Board:
Neil Ashe (B’90), Walmart
Katie Bush (C’92), Katie Bush Design
Bud Colligan (F’76), Accel Partners
Chris Curtin (L’01), Visa
Glenn Eisen (B’87), Dish Digital
Betsey Nelson (F’82), Pandora and Nokia

Alumni Spotlight Trae Stephens (F'06), Principal, Founders Fund

Trae Stephens is a Principal at Founders Fund, where he focuses on startups operating in the government space. Previously, Trae was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, where he led teams focused on growth in the intelligence/defense space as well as international expansion, helping large organizations solve their hardest data analysis problems. He was also an integral part of the product team, leading the design and strategy for new product offerings. While at Palantir, Trae also served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University. Prior to Palantir, Trae worked as a computational linguist building enterprise solutions to Arabic/Persian name matching and data enrichment within the United States Intelligence community. He began his career working in the office of then Congressman Rob Portman and in the Political Affairs Office at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. immediately following the installation of Hamid Karzai’s transitional government. Trae graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.