Palo Alto Professional Dev - Speaker Bio: Melissa Schmidt (fwd)

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Subject: Palo Alto Professional Dev - Speaker Bio: Melissa Schmidt

Hi All,
Below is the bio for our guest speaker next Sat, June 25 at 11:00am at the
Peets Coffee. Â Again, please arrive early or on-time as it is difficult to
save seats.

GUEST SPEAKER: Â Melissa Schmidt

Melissa is currently developing the Investor Relations Department at Top
Tier Capital Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, which has over $2
billion under management.  Prior to joining Top Tier, she was at Gaia
Interactive, an online forum for teens and young adults.  While at Gaia she
worked directly with the CEO and CFO to implement operational structure and
prepare the company for the next phase of business.  Before Gaia, Melissa
was Incubic Venture Fund's Operations Manager.  Also, she worked at Shasta
Ventures, were she focused on office management, LP communications, event
planning and coordination.   Prior to her work in venture capital, Melissa
was a regional director for a non-profit here in the Bay Area for 10 years
and traveled to Asia and Europe to oversee programs.  She began her career
at Prudential Securities where she obtained her Series 7 and Series 63
licenses from the NASD.  Melissa graduated from St. Mary's College in
Moraga.

I hope you enjoy our next meeting with our wonderful guest speaker. Â Also, I
will be seeking for volunteers who can organize the Professional Development
meeting in July.

Let me know if you have any questions, and please feel free to continue to
invite your friends.

Best regards,

Sheree Marlowe