John Morris is a highly-experienced business advisor with an impressive track record of coaching successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. John has been the chair of multiple Vistage Executive Boards since 2010. Previously he was Managing Director, GKM Ventures, a later stage venture fund. John also serves as Faculty Advisor at UCLA Anderson School of Management and is a member of the Board of Directors of Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investor organization in US, where he was also Chairman Emeritus. John’s wide-ranging venture capital experience includes engagements with First Interstate Venture Capital and its parent First Interstate Bancorp. He presently serves as director for two private VC backed companies: Benchmark Revenue, Inc. and Syntricity, Inc. In addition, John was a board member of Los Angeles Venture Association. John holds a BA in Economics from UCLA, and an MBA from Tuck School of Management, Dartmouth College.