James A. Kohlberg

For over ten years, Jim Kohlberg has been investing in early stage media, entertainment, internet, specialty consumer products and healthcare companies. At Kohlberg Ventures, Mr. Kohlberg leads the investment committee and is a Board member of Open Road Integrated Media.  In addition to his role with Kohlberg Ventures, Mr. Kohlberg is chairman of Kohlberg & Company, a leading middle market private equity firm, which he co-founded in 1987. Kohlberg & Company has completed 57 platform investments and over 100 add-on acquisitions of undervalued and/or underperforming companies. Mr. Kohlberg sits on The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) Board of Directors.

John S. Eastburn, Jr.

Before co-founding Kohlberg Ventures, John Eastburn was a partner in the private equity firm Kohlberg & Company, where he led investments in Nancy’s Specialty Foods, Inc. and Thousand Trails, Inc. and was a member of the Board of BI, Incorporated and AGY Holdings. Before joining Kohlberg & Company in 1997, Mr. Eastburn was a senior executive in entertainment, manufacturing and retailing companies. In entertainment, Mr. Eastburn was an executive at Crystal Dynamics, a video game publisher; Vestron, a feature film and video producer; Columbia Pictures, a feature film producer and CBS, a broadcaster and television network. Mr. Eastburn’s manufacturing experience includes Scovill Fasteners, a manufacturer of buttons, snaps and zippers, where he was president and chief executive officer.

Greg Shove

Greg Shove co-founded Halogen Guides in 2005 after years of being the go-to guy for luxury travel advice among his friends. He now serves as Halogen’s CEO. Prior to launching Halogen Guides, Greg was an active private and public company investor. From 1996 to 2000, Greg was an executive at America Online, overseeing more than $600 million in annual revenue.

Bill Youstra

Bill Youstra has served as advisor and consultant to several Silicon Valley startups in various consumer categories: mobile, virtual worlds, e-commerce, search and media/marketing.Before consulting, Bill was an executive at AOL, during which time the company grew from 500,000 customers to over 20 million. His responsibilities included all top-level programming & promotions, with billions of monthly impressions. In addition to launching 150 sites and two major product versions, Bill oversaw search, e-mail and rolled out the company’s first broadband product. In his earlier career, he co-founded Formtronix (software for forms) and separately worked in advertising, marketing, movies and computer programming.Bill holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he contributed to the best selling book “Built to Last” by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. He also holds an MA in Education from Stanford and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland with degrees in Film, Computer Science and Marketing.