Dave Smith

Executive Advisor

Dave is Partner and CEO of X Sector Labs, and Co-Founder of CalOZ. He is a social entrepreneur, coalition builder, convener, systems thinker, and cross sector leader. He is a problem solver who sees great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. By connecting his executive experience from the nonprofit, government, and business sectors, he helps leaders and organizations turn good intentions into greater impact.

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Chris Marvin

Executive Advisor

Chris Marvin is the principal for Marvin Strategies, a strategic communications firm specializing in cultural advocacy through socially-minded narrative building for organizations and campaigns. He is the founder and former executive director of Got Your 6, a campaign to advocate for accurate portrayals of military veterans in film, television, and popular media. He served for seven years as a U.S. Army officer and Black Hawk helicopter pilot and is a combat-wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan.

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Forest Eber

Executive Advisor

Forrest is a co-founder and Managing Partner for Intersection Ventures, a boutique advisory and investment firm that focuses on sports business and start-up investment opportunities.

Prior to co-founding Intersection Ventures, Forrest served as Chief Financial Officer for Orlando City Soccer Club. Eber has also served on Louisville City FC’s Board of Directors, the Office of the C.E.O. for the U.S. Soccer Federation where he served on the Executive Committee operating the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and as CFO and Associate Commissioner of the West Coast Conference (WCC) from 2011-13.

Eber grew up in Northern California and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics.

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