Scott Case
Chief Executive Officer, Startup America Partnership Timothy "Scott" Case is a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor and was co-founder of priceline.com, the "Name Your Own Price" Internet service. As Chief Technology Officer, he was responsible for building the technology that enabled priceline.com's hyper-growth. Recently, Scott was named CEO of the Startup America Partnership, a White House initiative driving American entrepreneurship to create jobs and sustain America's global leadership. Prior, Scott served as CEO of Malaria No More, where he worked to inspire individuals and institutions in the private sector to end deaths caused by malaria. Scott also serves as the Chairman of Network for Good, a national nonprofit that has distributed more than $475 million to 60,000 nonprofits nationwide. Jean Chatzky Financial Editor, NBC's Today Jean Chatzky, award winning journalist and best-selling author, is the financial editor for NBC's TODAY, a contributing editor for More Magazine, a columnist for The New York Daily News, and a contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is the author of six books, including her newest The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times (Crown Business) and best sellers Pay It Down: From Debt to Wealth on $10 A Day (New York Times and Business Week best seller) and Make Money, Not Excuses (Wall Street Journal and New York Times best seller). Jean has been recognized as an exceptional journalist. In 2009, the Consumer Federation of America awarded Chatzky the Betty Furness Consumer Media Service Award for her nearly two decades of pioneering personal finance education. She has also received the Clarion Award from Women in Communications, a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television, Inc., and was named one of the best magazine columnists in the country by the Chicago Tribune.
Tom Crowley
Founder & CEO, TAC Enterprises Tom Crowley, a former managing director at GE Equity, has over 35 years of entrepreneurial, corporate and investment management experience. He has founded five companies, acted as a venture capitalist and currently advises early and growth stage companies, specializing in digital media, information technologies and business services. Tom is a media and communications industry veteran, with over 15 years at such companies as Home Box Office and Time Warner Cable. During his 12 years at GE Capital, he invested more than $250 million in early and growth stage companies, many in Internet related businesses. Highly regarded in the venture capital community, he has served on boards and acted as interim chairman for a variety of early stage companies. 
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