Joseph A. Boystak, Chairman & Co-CEO
- President & CEO Brightwaters Capital, LLC, a private equity investment company
- Managing Director & CEO Hudson/Brightwaters, a private merchant bank
- Managing Director and Senior investment banker with 25 years of experience with major Wall Street firms - Jefferies & Co., Tucker Anthony Sutro and Dean Witter Reynolds
- Executed over $15 Billion of transactions domestically and internationally
- Focus on life sciences, nanotechnology, and clean technology
- Serves on the boards of NanoPacific Holdings, Bruin Biometrics, Amicrobe, Inc, Exosome Diagnostics, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The UCLA Foundation Board of Governors
Michael Flesch, Vice Chairman & Co-CEO
- Chair & CEO of Community Asset Management, a private investment company focused in real estate
- Venture capitalist
- Former litigation attorney with Brobeck Phleger & Harrison representing primarily fortune 500 companies
- Served on the Finance Committees of UCLA and Investment Committee of Occidental College
- Member of the UCLA Foundation Board of Directors
- Serves on the corporate boards of NanoPacific Holdings, Bruin Biometrics and Amicrobe, Inc.
Albert Carnesale, Ph.D.
- UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Former UCLA Chancellor
- Former Harvard University Provost
- Former Chief of the Defensive Weapons Systems Division, Science and Technology Bureau, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Former Senior Engineer, Nuclear Division, Martin Marietta Corp.
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Chairs and has chaired several committees at the National Academy of Sciences
- Member, Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future
- Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Scott L. Hayashi, Chief Financial Officer
- Former CFO & VP Finance for Arbios Systems, Inc.
- Former Manager Overseas Development for Cardinal Health, Inc.
- Former Senior Financial Analyst at Northrop-Grumman Corp.
- Former Senior Financial Analyst at Honywell, Inc.
- MBA, Loyola Marymount • BA, UCLA