Barry Campbell
Chair
Barry Campbell, President of Campbell Strategies in Toronto, served as a Member of the Parliament of Canada from 1993 to 1997. During that time, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (later Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Paul Martin). In this capacity, he assisted in the development of the budgetary policy of the Government of Canada, and assisted in tax policy, trade policy and financial services sector policy. Mr. Campbell served for two years as Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Mr. Campbell practiced corporate law in Toronto. Mr. Campbell served as a Legal Counsellor at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC.
Colin Evans
Director
Colin Evans is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sandwith Ventures, LLC, a San Francisco based investment firm focusing on angel and Series A investments in consumer oriented e-commerce and marketplace businesses. Previous to launching Sandwith, Colin was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Business Development at StubHub.com, a successful online ticket exchange founded in 2000 and sold to eBay in early 2007 for $310 million. Colin oversaw four main functions while at StubHub including all sports and music sponsorships, business development partnerships, corporate sales and the LargeSeller program, which aggregated and serviced all the inventory providers on StubHub. Prior to joining StubHub, Colin worked as an Associate at TA Associates, a venture capital firm, at their headquarters in Boston. TA Associates provided late stage venture capital to high growth companies and Colin focused specifically on companies in the consumer products, financial services and business services industries. Prior to TA Associates, Colin worked at Bankers Trust (now part of Deutsche Bank) in the Private Equity division, BT Capital Partners. Colin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees in Economics, with Honors, and Bioengineering. Colin sits on the Board of Zipidee, Inc. and is an official advisor to seven additional internet companies primarily concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jim Jones
Director
Mr. Jones is the CEO of GMAC Residential Capital, LLC (ResCap), a diversified real estate finance company that offers a broad array of innovative capital solutions to businesses and consumers worldwide. ResCap is an established market leader in the US and the UK, with a primary portfolio covering 3.2 million loans valued at over $100 billion. Mr. Jones had previously served as Vice Chairman at Providian Financial, President of Direct Banking and Insurance, as well as Head of Consumer Credit, at Bank of America, and previously worked in senior leadership positions at Wells Fargo and Citigroup. Mr. Jones serves as a board member of Merchant E-Solutions, and is Chairman of the Board of Advanced Payment Solutions. Previously, he had served as a board member of E-Loan. Jones earned a Bachelors from Washburn University, and received a M.A. from the University of Nebraska and a Master of Business degree from the University of Kansas.