Gina Jorasch Bio

Gina Jorasch

Gina Klein Jorasch joined SV2 in 1999. She has already served as a member of the Board of Directors (2000-2005), as a leader of multiple grant rounds (including the most recent International grant round), and as the Partner Liason to Project HELP (past grantee).

Gina Klein Jorasch is currently Director of the Public Management Program at the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Gina was a founder or early-stage executive at five for-profit tech start-ups, all of which had successful IPOs or acquisitions, and a founding board member for 2 nonprofit startups.

As co-founder and VP Marketing at Nexo.com, Gina was responsible for all marketing and business development leading to a successful launch and acquisition by Shutterfly. As the director of product and strategic marketing for VeriSign, Gina helped grow revenues from startup to $1 billion, resulting in a very successful IPO. Her experience also includes positions with Hewlett Packard, Silicon Graphics, and Booz Allen and Hamilton.

Gina has served on many non-profit boards, including TheatreWorks, Palo Alto Partners in Education, Silicon Valley Social Ventures, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

At Stanford, Gina was an Arjay Miller Scholar, MBA class of ’89 and received an MA ‘89 from the School of Education. She also graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University with a B.S. in applied mathematics.

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