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Lore Harp McGovern is a successful serial entrepreneur and high-tech strategic advisor. She is a Director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, GoFish Technologies Inc. and serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT. Ms. Harp McGovern is a founding member of the Committee of 200, a national organization of women business executives. She was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 1983, is a strategic investor in 15 high-tech companies, and a member of the Band of Angels. Ms. Harp Mcgovern is also Board Observer of the International Data Group. Previously, Ms. Harp McGovern was president and CEO of Good Morning Teacher! The company published more than 750 educational titles for grades K-12 and consumer-oriented educational materials for four- to eight-year olds. Good Morning Teacher! was sold in 1999 to an educational publisher.In 1985, Ms. Harp McGovern founded Aplex Corp. to design and develop products for the feminine hygiene market. She holds patents for two inventions. Ms. Harp McGovern sold the marketing rights in 1989.In 1981, she co-founded the Pacific Technology Venture Fund, with offices in San Francisco and Tokyo, and directed the firm from 1984 to 1985.In 1976, Ms. Harp McGovern co-founded and was CEO of Vector Graphic Inc., one of the first pioneering microcomputer companies. After raising venture capital, she initiated a successful public offering in 1981 and grew the company to more than $50 million in sales.Ms. Harp McGovern is the former director of the American Electronics Association, Montgomery Ventures, Women's Campaign Fund, filmsOn.com, HandsOn Networks (sold to mForma), and Network Telemetrics Inc. She is also the former advisor to Women.com (sold to iVillage) and Skillsvillage.com (sold to PeopleSoft). She served as an Advisor to Blue Pumpkin Software (sold to Witness Systems), and is also a Director of Human Rights Watch, New York and a Visiting Committee Member for Art and Science at MIT.Ms. Harp McGovern is a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles and holds a MBA from Pepperdine University. | 