VantagePoint is a registered investment adviser with ~$5 billion of private equity under management which saw the successful IPO or sale of dozens of its portfolio companies, including Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA, on the board of which Jim served). Jim is also Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Advisors, Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a member of the Board of Directors of The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Jim attended Williams College (BA) and the University of California, Berkeley (MPP ’74,PhD ’78).