Previously, David was Chief Advisor at Hitachi Corporate VC, where he scored two successful acquisitions and one IPO among the four VC investments he led.

He founded an award-winning e-healthcare business in Beijing, and as CEO he secured a $6M VC investment in the first foreign-invested cancer center in Shanghai. In the 1990s, he was VP/GM at Varian Medical (NYSE: VAR), VP of Marketing at Cirque (acquired by ALPS Japan), and a Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard.

He is a registered patent attorney (California), and an international expert in the diverse areas of innovation, law, business, technology and startups and VC investments.

In his capacity as Chair of the International Strategy Portfolio, David oversees the African, Canadian, Australia-Asia, European and Latin American Region Committees.

Joy is a Registered Patent Agent for the US Patent & Trademark Office. He is also a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Joy is a past recipient of AUTM's Howard Bremer Scholarship.

In his capacity as Chair of the Financial Management Portfolio, Joy oversees AUTM's Audit, Finance and Investment Committees.

Prior to Rowan, Yatin worked as Associate Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at Lehigh University and as Project & Technology Manager at North Carolina State University’s OTT. He has more than 15 years of combined experience managing all aspects of technology transfer, intellectual property, innovation management, licensing, commercialization, venture development and entrepreneurship in an academic environment.

In his capacity as Chair of the Professional Development Portfolio, Yatin oversees the Online and In-person Professional Development Committees.

Prior to working in academia, Chase spent 13 years in the private sector. He has been involved with successfully managing multi-million dollar product lines, product planning and execution, assessing alliance/partnership opportunities, designing corporate identity guidelines, developing international pricing structures, launching new products, assessing customer requirements and meeting customer satisfaction goals.

Chase has been active in several other professional organizations including the Licensing Executives Society, the Association of University Export Control Officers, the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership and the Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers.

In his capacity as Chair of the Membership Portfolio, Chase oversees the Membership Development, Volunteerism, Mentorship and Developing Economies Scholarships Committees, the Howard Bremer Scholarship Task Force and the Industry Task Force.

Prior to joining UCLA, Ragan worked at Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), the technology transfer office for Columbia University in New York City.

There, he was part of the operations team and led a variety of projects including organizing licensee compliance, improving the patent decision process, and programming an internal website for management reporting.

In his capacity as Chair of the Metrics & Surveys Portfolio, Ragan oversees the Licensing Survey Task Force and Salary Survey Task Force.

Before joining AUTM in 2016, Leef was the Deputy Head of Marketing & Communications at Cambridge Enterprise, the innovation office of the University of Cambridge.

While Leef is a big fan of corporate communications, she bleeds ink, having spent 16 years as a reporter for The Washington Post. There she covered every manner of story — from terrorism to the folly of the weather. She still fancies herself an advocate for the public good.

In her capacity as Chair of the Marketing & Communications Portfolio, Leef oversees the Strategic Communications, Website, Better World Project and AUTM Innovation Marketplace Committees.

In his capacity as Chair of the Meeting Development Portfolio, Stephen oversees the Partnering Forum, Annual and Region Meeting Planning Committees.

In his capacity as Cabinet Chair of the Advocacy & Alliances Portfolio, Mike oversees the Public Policy Advisory Committee, the Public Policy Legal Task Force and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee. He is a past recipient of both AUTM's Bayh-Dole Award, and Volunteer of the Year Award. He serves as an advisor for the AUTM Foundation.