Robert Nelsen, a managing director with Arch Venture Partners in Seattle, has been elected to the board of the National Venture Capital Association, according to an NVCA statement. Nelsen was elected to a four-year term as one of five new directors on the board. Kate Mitchell of Scale Venture Partners is also replacing Terry McGuire of Polaris Venture Partners as the new board chairman.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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