Author Bio
- United States Chief of Mission to Bermuda under Presidents Bush and Obama
- Recipient of the Distinguished Foreign Service Award from members of the Congressional Black Caucus
- First book Four Centuries Of Friendship best-seller in Bermuda (2009) – all proceeds went to local Bermuda charities (totaling almost $200,000)
- Honors graduate of Dartmouth College (1981)
- Honors MBA Graduate Harvard Business School (1990)
- Lived and worked extensively in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe
- Fulbright Scholar to East Asia (1982 - 83)
- World Vision – (Regional Manager 1985 - 1988)
- McKinsey and Company (Engagement Manager 1990 – 2004)
- Managing Director of Slayton Capital (Silicon Valley VC since 2002).
- Member of the Board of Advisors at Google, Bloom Energy and Salesforce.com
- Lectures at Harvard Business School, the Stanford GSB and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
- Distinguished Visiting Professor at UIBE in Beijing (one of China’s top 10 universities).
- Married 22+ years with four children