William Brah Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MIT delta v is the capstone entrepreneurial experience for students at MIT. Moch board members deliver guidance and feedback to student teams during the summer accelerator.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

It was fun jumping back into Hack.Diversity for a year as a Mentor. Observed program growth and inspiring DEI commitment.

Greater Boston Area

Member of executive team that has put the policies and people in place to achieve long-term increases in research, development and innovation. Instrumental in achieving record-setting research funding growth.Game-changers I am particularly proud of:>To spur collaborative innovation with other universities and industry, created the Venture Development Center (VDC) in 2009. It has become the University of Massachusetts flagship startup incubator in Boston. I led it from vision through construction to operations, raising $8 million to launch it. It has been financially self-sufficient since opening. Recruited leading entrepreneurs and investors to serve as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. So far we've supported 116 companies, which have collectively raised $2.08 billion of venture capital and created 2,725 jobs in diverse industries.My 18,000 square foot VDC project was conceived as a pilot for an eventual science and technology park. That vision is becoming reality with the lease in 2019 of the university’s 20-acre waterfront site on Columbia Point to Accordia Partners which is transforming the site into “Dorchester Bay City” — a mixed-use life sciences-based development hoping to rival Kendall Square in Cambridge. Accordia paid $235 million for the site’s ground lease, nearly ten times the $18.7 million that UMass paid in 2010 for the Bayside site.>To retain entrepreneurial talent that attends university in Massachusetts, launched the Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program, which gives visas to company founders who otherwise would have to leave the US after they graduate. Fortune called this "Massachusetts' clever immigration reform workaround." 72 entrepreneurs have gotten visas. The Venture Development Center was named a 2015 Game Changer (“51 innovative people and organizations did extraordinary things”) by the Boston Globe Magazine.

Greater Boston Area

Member of economic development team that has grown the University of Massachusetts into a top ranked research, development and commercialization behemoth. Led industry - university - government clean tech partnership that spurred new university-industry research and development centers, technology licenses and start-up companies.

Greater Boston Area

Moved to Boston to raise a family in my wife's hometown which was emerging as the nation's center for cleantech. >Marshaled industry support and direction for White House National Environmental Technology Strategy, helping set the stage for a boom in cleantech investing.

Greater Chicago Area

High-profile policy research organization dedicated to protecting the Great Lakes, the nation's largest source of freshwater, and developing a “blue economy” for the Midwest. Secured major grants from the Ford, Joyce, Mott, and MacArthur Foundations as well as several major corporations. Recruited major regional political and corporate leaders to the board. >Instrumental in creating nation's first regional environmental endowment, the Great Lakes Protection Fund. Obtained commitment of one-time funds ($81 million) from the eight governors. The publicly capitalized, private corporation has grown to $130 million through 7.8% average annual investment returns, and has paid out $140 million to support projects. A federal initiative has since pumped more than $1 billion into Great Lakes environmental cleanup. And the evidence of an emerging "blue economy" is everywhere. Accelerators are popping-up that host dozens of water-related technology startups.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Managed governor-appointed policy council dedicated to Great Lakes protection. Assisted Governor’s Office develop voluntary agreements through which the eight Great Lakes States and Provinces cooperatively manage Great Lakes water quantity and quality.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Launched and supported coastal zone management programs on the west coast, including the path-breaking California Coastal Commission.

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