Dr. Christine Gulbranson is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and innovator who has built new markets and transformed a breadth of industries, including cleantech/renewables, mobility, big data/IT, materials, agriculture, and healthcare while mitigating financial risks throughout her career as CEO, chief innovation officer, VC investor, board director and adviser for large & small, public and private corporations, family offices, and nonprofit organizations. Christine advocates for innovation and its key drivers to transform markets and societies, as she details in her acclaimed book, TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION®: Today's Capital Drives Tomorrow's Exponential Growth & Profits to Advance the World.

 Christine is CEO and Managing Partner of Nova Global Ventures, a fund focused on AI and disruptive technology, partnering with Global Corporate Venturing using data to co-invest alongside the top firms. Dr. Gulbranson is Chief Investment Officer of Treehouse Studios, a corporate-leveraged startup studio powered by athletes and celebrities focusing on AI-powered consumer technology and commerce products. Christine is an independent director on Correlate Energy's (CIPI) board where she serves as chair of the nominating and governance committee and as a member of the audit and compensation committees. She previously served as CEO and director of a Silicon Valley private family foundation/office (funded by Sergey Brin), Chief Innovation Officer of the University of California System overseeing a $100B+ technology investment portfolio, $37B operations budget, and $1B+ in sales, CEO of the first renewable energy accelerator, NIREC, general partner at VC firm GCP, senior investment advisor to a $4B European family office, judge on Discovery Channel's Big Brain Theory, and scientist at LLNL.

Dr. Gulbranson has been recognized by Silicon Valley Business Journal as one of Silicon Valley's top 40 Under 40 business leaders, as innovator for the twenty-first century by MIT's Technology Review, and as UC Davis's distinguished engineering alumni in business.

Christine grew up in rural Northern California and Germany and is a first-generation college graduate. By age twenty-five, she earned five degrees from UC Davis – BS in physics, a BS, MS, and PhD in materials science and engineering, and an MBA. She holds patents in cutting-edge fields like nanotechnology and lighting.