Tracy Kwiker is a seasoned business executive and entrepreneur with a 25-year track record of building successful business ventures, executing complex, time and budget constrained projects, and providing C-Suite executives with strategic and operational advisory services across a broad spectrum of industries. In addition to founding and operating a well-respected association management and event production company for 9 years, Tracy has assumed key management roles in several additional entrepreneurial ventures, including a leading solar energy project developer, a 501(c)(3) public charity, a Paul Allen-backed Internet start-up, a multimillion-dollar retail store, and two prominent Russian-American joint ventures based in Moscow during the Gorbachev-Yeltsin era. As a member of the high-tech startup ecosystem in Orange County, Tracy serves as an Investment Committee member of the Cove Fund, a seed fund for OC high-tech startups, a Selection Committee member for EvoNexus, a prominent SoCal incubator, and an Expert in Residence (EiR) for UC Irvine Applied Innovation at the Cove.