John Petote

John Petote is an Angel Investor who has invested in over 100 start-up and early stage companies as well as various VC funds...

Elizabeth Cholawsky

Elizabeth Cholawsky, PhD joined HG Insights as CEO in 2018. Elizabeth is a seasoned/established executive leader in...

David Spaulding

Executive Recruiter specializing in senior Scientists, Managers, and Executives in biotech/pharma...

Craig Ensley

Craig is a transformative CEO & Board Member who has led technology firms at every scale and phase of growth...

Dave Dwelley

Dave spent 32 years in Silicon Valley as a field engineer, analog IC designer, and design center manager at...

Joost Thesseling

Joost Thesseling has thirty years of experience in consulting, finance and private equity investing. From 2000 - 2022...

Matthew Stotts

Matthew Stotts is a General Partner at Cerulean Ventures, a firm that invests in technologies for climate change and environmental sustainability. He is also a co-founder of Kano.One and serves on the investment committee for Sustainable Change Alliance.

Jonathan Gartner

Jonathan Gartner is a multi-talented professional with global experience. Now focused on leadership roles in the field of sustainable investments.

Heike Schirmer

Dr. Heike Schirmer is Chief Product Officer at Yogi, where she leads AI-driven product innovation that turns consumer feedback into strategic insight for global brands...

Zohar Ziv

Zohar has over 25 years of executive management experience and an excellent track record across a diverse set of business...

George Tharakan

After designing microprocessors at Intel, George Tharakan became a professional investor...

Jay McGonigle

Jay is the ex-Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company...

John Gerngross

John founded Santa Barbara based Condor Engineering and served as Chief Executive Officer...

Christian Felipe

David Kalt

David Kalt is a serial entrepreneur focused on scaling consumer focused technologies and marketplaces...

John Helson

John Helson is Partner at J2 Partners.

William Meller

William Meller, MD, is the founder and Medical Director of MedCenters of Santa Barbara...

John Bowers

John E. Bowers is the Fred Kavli Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara...

Greg Goodman

Loren McFarland

Strong background in Strategic and Financial decision support; primarily focused on Medical Device industry. SEC reporting...

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor has over 30 years of experience in the tech space – both as an entrepreneur and investor. Most recently...

Robert Johnson

Bob is the Managing Partner of Founders Capital Partners, a venture capital angel group focusing on early-stage technology...

David Higdon

David Higdon is a Managing Partner at Kern Venture Group. David’s focus is investment strategy, deal flow...

Hans Hoeg

Hans Hoeg is a serial entrepreneur and innovator with 33 patents. He has founded seven startups, led product innovation at a medical device company, and advises startups on strategy and fundraising.

Jill Feldman

Jill Feldman has over 30 years of experience in the technology space with a focus on strategic due diligence and voice of the customer insights.

Geof Wyatt

Geof Wyatt is the former CEO of Wyatt Technology, a global leader in light scattering instrumentation and advanced analytical software for macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization...

Ben Levi

Ben Levi is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder and former COO of Ontra, an AI-powered platform transforming legal workflows for private markets...

David Kramer

Peter Camenzind

Steve Hicks, In Memoriam
SBAA Member 2017-2025

Mike Pfau

Michael Probstel

Rafael Saavedra

Pierrick Vulliez

SBAA Members

Our members are accredited investors who have extensive experience as successful entrepreneurs, experienced executives, and early-stage investors.