Leah Edwards

Board Member

2021 - Current

University Lecturer

2017

Leadership and Innovation Lecturer in UC Berkeley Engineering, University of North Carolina's Semester in Silicon Valley and Stanford Engineering.

Current Board Member and previous Advisor

2014

Executive Coach and Entrepreneur Coach

2012

Certified Coach assisting executives seeking career growth or success with innovation projects. Also Coach to startup founders at all stages, from launch to scaling.

Angel Investor and Advisor

2012

Investor, coach and advisor for startups

Investment Director

2022 - 2024

Lighter Capital is the pioneer in revenue-based funding.

Partner

2020 - 2022

Advisory Board Member

2019 - 2021

Director of Education Outreach

2016 - 2016

Interim program to better integrate Autodesk's Education group with Universities, Schools and other Education Partners to support experiential, collaborative learning about innovation. Led the Outreach group in this transition, including Marketing, Channel Training Partners, Nonprofit Partnerships, Digital Design Challenges, Events, PR, Social Media and Internal Communications.

Executive Director, Ctr for Entrepreneurial Studies

2012 - 2016

Led a team to design learning experiences around innovation. Advised faculty of 50+ entrepreneurship and investment electives and directed the Stanford Venture Studio, a startup collaboration space for 200 graduate students. Developed cross-campus partnerships and expanded relationships with investors and industry experts, in addition to increasing female student participation by over 400%. Experiential learning innovation included both creating startup experiences as well as expanding nnovation internships in existing companies.