Taylor Mclemore

Chief Operating Officer

2024

Investor

2020

Board Observer

2021 - 2024

Founder

2023

Come to the Human Potential Summit to help build the future of work and learning. Collaborate with employers, educators, innovators, startups, investors, non profits, foundations, government representatives and policymakers who are working to build a better future. https://www.humanpotentialsummit.co/

Futures Fellow

2024

"Reimagining the future for prosperity across the life course" The nation’s evolving human-capital needs will oblige our society to support longer working lives, multiple career transitions, and continual renewal of skills. Yet the basic institutional architectures of schooling, work and family that we inherit from the twentieth century remain organized on the notion that education and learning trail off with the end of childhood. This is a significant disservice to the quality of individual lives and the nation’s economic and civic vitality. The Stanford Center on Longevity has appointed a group of Future Fellows to convene and develop a framework for building education and learning opportunities, enabling people to navigate change and prosper throughout their adult lives. This is a joint venture of Stanford’s Center on Longevity and Center for Advanced Research in the Behavioral Sciences. The Project assembles a plurality of talent from academia, venture capital, philanthropy and the civil sector to imagine a new ecology for developing human potential across century-long lives. https://longevity.stanford.edu/education-learning/

Advisor

2023

Co-Founder

2019

Board Member

2022 - 2024

Executive Board Member

2024 - 2025

Board Chair & Governor-Appointed and Senate-Confirmed Trustee

2021 - 2025

Served as Board Chair, Board Vice Chair, Chair of Executive Committee, Chair of Governance Committee. Contributed as Committee Member to the Audit, Benefits, Governance, and Investment Committees. As Chair of Executive Search Committee, led the Board process, staff collaboration, and search firm engagement for the successful 2024 CEO search and placement. Colorado PERA provides retirement and other benefits to more than 700,000 current and former teachers, State Troopers, snowplow drivers, corrections officers, and other public employees who provide valuable services to all of Colorado. Responsible for $70Bn+ of assets and $130M+ operating budget.

Investor in Residence - Techstars Economic Mobility Powered by Samvid Ventures

2023 - 2024

This program is for talented entrepreneurs designing solutions that generate greater economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Americans, in areas including technical and skill-based education, financial inclusion, and economic resilience. https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/economic-mobility-samvid-ventures

Entrepreneur In Residence / Investor In Residence - Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator

2023 - 2024

Member - Techstars Responsible Investment Advisory Committee

2022 - 2023

Managing Director - Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator

2020 - 2023

Investing in startups and supporting founders enabling human potential through work and economic mobility. EdTech, workforce development, finance and funding innovation, to future of work. Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator 2022-2023 Class Investments: - Access Mode (accessmode.org)* - The AI Education Project (aiedu.org/)* - EmpiricaLab (empiricalab.com) - Escalate (escalateusa.com) - Everprep (everprep.com) - Gritly (gritly.us) - LivedX (livedx.com) - Metta Space (metta-space.com) - MFGWorx (mfgworx.com) - Recruiting Innovation (recruitinginnovation.com) - Skylyte (skylyte.com) - Spatial Guide (spatial.guide) - Tapestree (gettapestree.com) - VirgilHR (virgilhr.com) Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator 2021-2022 Class Investments: - Chamba (lachamba.app) - Clusiv (clusiv.io) - Divercity (divercity.io) - Hireguide (hireguide.com) - Ion Learning (ionlearning.com) - Juntos2College (juntos2college.com)* - PeduL (pedul.com) - PitchMe (pitchme.co) - Roleshare (roleshare.com) - ShiftUp (shiftup.tech) - Transition (jointransition.com) - Watson Institute (watson.is)* Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator 2020-2021 Class Investments: - AdvanceEDU (myadvanceedu.org)* - Grasshopper Kids (grasshopperkids.com) - FutureFit AI (futurefit.ai) - Grit (grit.bet) - Honest Jobs (honestjobs.co) - Increment (joinincrement.com) - International Scientific Advisor (joinisa.io) - Mentor Spaces (mentorspaces.com) - Talk Hiring (talkhiring.com) - Tassel (tasselsoftware.com) - TiLT (ourtilt.com) - Turing School (turing.io)* Grateful to support founders with co-investors that include: Firework Ventures, Rethink Education, Strada, AmFam Institute, TMV, Blackhorn Ventures, The Social Entrepreneurs Fund, ECMC, Portfolia, Matchstick Ventures, Colorado Impact Fund, eonCapital, Sofia Fund, Rockies Venture Club, Service Provider Capital, Stanford GSB Impact Fund, Plug and Play, Forward VC, The Fund, WGU, 550 Capital * Nonprofit organizations in classes

Founding Co-Chair, National Veterans Entrepreneurship Council

2022 - 2024

Authored the charter for this new body in collaboration with founding council members and DAV leadership.

Entrepreneur in Residence

2022 - 2023