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Jennifer Fonstad is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Her current Board responsibilities include NanoCoolers (chip cooling devices), Nantero (carbon nanotube-based DRAM), Groxis (visual search software), Intematix (high-throughput synthesis and screening of technology-enabling materials), Ipedo (software-based data cache solution), and Troika Networks (storage area networking). Ms. Fonstad also led the firm’s investment in Athenahealth (eHealth services), Ember (wireless mesh network), Luminus Devices (solid state lighting), and Molecular Imprints (nano-imprint lithography). Previous investments include United Online (NASDAQ: UNTD), Achex (acquired by First Data Corp - FDC), and iShip (acquired by Stamps - STMP). She speaks frequently at industry conferences and writes often for industry publications (click here for her columns). Ms. Fonstad began her career with Bain and Company after spending a year teaching in sub-Sahara Africa. She graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University, holds an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School, and is a former Kauffman Fellow. | 