Don Hutchison
Don is a respected technology-focused entrepreneur and business leader. As Senior Vice President and General Manager of @Home, he led the growth of the business-focused @Work Division, which accounted for 40% of company revenues. He also directed @Home's investments in companies such as Exodus Communications and led strategic affiliations with Comcast, Cox, and AT&T. At Netcom, the first purely Internet driven IPO, Don grew revenues to over $120M in three years as SVP of Sales and Marketing, and co-led the sale of its initial public offering in 1994. He has served in various management roles with Pixar, Prime Computer, and Data General. He has received the American Marketing Association's " Marketing Achievement" award for Best New Product Launch and multiple "World Class" awards from PC World. Today, Don is a full-time investor in early-stage tech companies, several of which have gone public and/or been acquired.

Richard Launey

Since 2000, Rick has served as the Executive Director of NationalEdOnline, a 501c3 non-profit organization focused on providing online training technologies for public education in California. In addition, on November 2, 2004, he was elected to the Board of Trustees for the San Juan Unified School District, a Northern California K-12 school district with 50,000 students serving as Board President 2007 - 2010. Rick grew up in Texas - Houston, Corpus Christi, and Austin - and came to California in 1967 as a 2nd Lt. in the US Air Force where he later served as a B-52 flight crew member. In 1966 he graduated from the University of Texas with a BA, and in 1973 from TCU with a MA in Government, and began to teaching at Sierra Community College in 1976. He also received a doctoral fellowship at the University of Nevada where he studied from 1979-1981. Subsequently, Rick began working in college administration (1983-1994), first as a Dean and later as a College President, most recently as President/Director of Heald College, San Jose, a WASC accredited, non-profit private college. In 1995 he was asked to head the National Education Division at Netcom Online Communication Services, at that time, the leading commercial Internet service provider, where he worked to promote Internet access for colleges, universities, and public K-12 schools nationwide. In addition to his work on the SJUSD Board of Education, Rick still works as an Adjunct Professor in the Government Department teaching one class a semester at California State University Sacramento.