Paul Brown, JD

Prior to teaching at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business, Paul was a Managing Director at Sandbox Industries in Chicago. He designed, raised the capital for and co-managed a $300M healthcare-oriented venture capital fund. He also was the founder and CEO of Sandbox’s innovation consulting practice, which connected Fortune 500 companies with strategically relevant innovative startups.

Before that, Paul was a senior executive for ten years with the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield organization, both as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel and as VIce President of Venturing. Prior to those positions, he was an associate and partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP.

Paul currently serves as a director of CleanSlate Centers, Inc. and AMP Media Services, is an advisor to Advantia and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, and works as a volunteer mentor with the social entrepreneurs participating in Village Capital’s and Healthbox’s startup accelerator programs. Paul also informally advises a number of additional startups. Previously, he served on the boards of Capson, Phreesia, PatientCo, Plan Investment Fund, Bloom Health, Nexidia, and as a board observer for Initiate Systems.

Paul holds a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a BA from the University of Utah.

Entrepreneurs and Innovator Focus

The summit will have a open forum discussion from some of our speakers and members of the leadership committee at 5pm in the exhibit hall. Come on over to the exhibit hall then and speak with some of our vendors and exhibitors who offer products and serivces for startup companies, new business sources and retailers. Refreshments including light snacks, wine, beer and coffee will also be served!