Fact Sheet – Tom McConnell –

Education: A.B. in Engineering Science, Summa Cum Laude, Dartmouth College; M.B.A. with honors, Stanford University

Affiliations: Chairman, National Venture Capital Association; Past President, Western Venture Capital Association

Career path: Product Manager, Apple Computer Inc.; Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

Favorite author: James Fenimore Cooper

Most influential book: The History and Geography of Human Genes by Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Favorite Historical figure: Winston Churchill

Quotation: “We are all African.” – Richard Leakey

Family: wife – Trish Turner; sons – Reed, Will and Cole

Hobbies: Basketball, Reading about science, and history and Sports.