Megan Holston-Alexander

Megan was born and raised in historic Montgomery, AL and went on to earn a BA in Sociology from Clark Atlanta University, an MA in Sociology from the University of Houston, and an MBA from Stanford GSB. She began working in nonprofit to use her research background to help create better metrics to more efficiently measure outcomes and impact. While working toward her MBA, she held investment internships at Omidyar Network, Foundation Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners and recently chaired the revival of the Stanford Black Business Conference after a decade-long hiatus. She currently works as a full-time investor at Unusual Ventures incubating & accelerating high-growth startups through early stage investments and founded a venture capital blog, A Black Girl in Venture.

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