Board Member Profiles

Paul Sherer
CEO
Fast Forward Foundation

Paul Sherer has been a Managing Partner at several highly successful investment and technology firms, including Robertson Stephens & Co. and VantagePoint Venture Partners.  Paul has led the funding and development of emerging Internet technologies and services over the past two decades, with the goal of easy and affordable information access as well as active collaboration within and between individuals and communities. Today, Paul is active in emerging mobile and social-media opportunities and provides professional board-level services and funding to Silicon Valley start-ups. As well, Paul is CEO at the Fast Forward Foundation, a family Foundation established to actively develop and fund innovative educational opportunities. Paul holds his BA from Duke University (1980), where he was a double Public Policy and Pre-Med major, and his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (1990).