Leadership

Executive Director

Joshua Goodfield is the proud leader of VC Platform—the largest dedicated group of platform professionals in the venture capital industry.

He is responsible for the organization’s membership offering, sponsorship portfolio, technology stack, annual conferences and events, and governance. Joshua previously led global expansion and growth at the C100, where he built chapters of global Canadian tech leaders in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and other global hubs. In his early career, he held roles at the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium, the Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, and at the United Nations ESCAP in Bangkok. Joshua is an alumnus of Queen’s University and Toronto Metropolitan University. He is a Board Member of the Young Canadians in Finance Toronto chapter and is an active angel investor and advisor to startups. Joshua currently lives in Toronto with his partner and their mini Bernedoodle.

Head of Community

Dan Holahan is responsible for delivering a world-class member experience through high-impact programming, content, and community.

Dan previously spent six years as VP of Membership at Embarc Collective, a globally-recognized startup hub in Tampa, Florida. As employee #3, Dan built a community of 125+ startups, 70+ annual programming events, and expert coaching team. Dan is also an Ecosystem Curator at Build In SE, active member of Let's Talk Ops, and startup coach. Before Embarc Collective, Dan led The University of Tampa’s volunteer center and was a founding team member at two (failed) early-stage tech startups. Dan studied business at the University of Tampa, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Studies. Dan is a Massachusetts native who has called Tampa home for nearly 10 years, where he lives with his partner and their senior kitty Pearl.

Board Members

Brianna Rizzo
VMG Partners
New York, USA
Annie Shapiro
Inspired Capital
New York, USA
Samantha Gelt
a16z
San Francisco, USA
Abhishek Lahoti
Highland Europe
London, England
Anna Ott
HV Capital
Berlin, Germany
Cliff Worley
Kapor Capital
San Francisco, USA
Dale Chang
Scale Venture Partners
San Francisco, USA
Elyse Crowston
Active Impact Investments
Vancouver, Canada
Erica Amatori
Left Lane Capital
New York, USA
Lauren Young
Union Square Ventures
New York City, USA
Polina Jacka
Bain Capital Ventures
New York, USA

Founders and Former Community Board Members

This community was initially formed in 2013 by some of the earliest Platform leaders in the VC world.  It all started with a few people getting together for breakfast periodically and has now grown into this global community of hundreds of people leading platform efforts at their firms.  The community would not be possible if not for some of these incredible individuals who helped launch the idea of this group and dedicated time and energy to ensuring that it was a valuable resource to their peers.

Adrian Grant
Andrew Oddo
Arabella Reeves
Bethany Crystal
Brittany Laughlin
Casey Taylor
Chaz Flexman
Chris Kobylecki
Cory Bolotsky
Dan Kozikowski
Danya Shults
Emily St. Denis
Emma Philips
Jordan Odinsky
Justus Kilian
Katie Weiss
Keji Mustapha
Kim Pham
Lauren Capelin
Lindsay Knight
Maria Palma
Meltem Demirors
Mike Joslin
Natasha Hazan Funk
Nicola Korzenko
Ryan Larcom
Stephanie Manning
Stephanie McGuinty
Susannah Shipton
Amira Ouji
Andrea Di Pietrantonio
Carolina Küng
Devin Nash
Devon Leichtman
Laurel Woerner
Marianne Bulger
Nick Kim
Rachel Quon