Robin Klemm, GRW'95 has over 40 years of business, academic, entrepreneurial, and not-for-profit experience and most recently served as the Executive Director of XXcelerate Fund. To her work in the entrepreneurship space, Robin brings the finest educational training; a wealth of practical experience; and a perspective, balance, and maturity gained from working with world-class professionals, fledgling organizations, and challenging situations. And when it comes to women entrepreneurs, she brings a passion.

Entrepreneurship has been fundamental to Robin’s career, from her doctoral dissertation at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on financial funding for startups to advising and investing in women entrepreneurs. She has developed successful start-ups on her own, and her due diligence skills were honed at the Ben Franklin Venture Partners and are frequently put to good use as an investor in the Oregon Angel Fund where she received their 2016 Most Valuable Angel award.

Robin was the first woman to join the faculty of the Management Department of the Wharton School. Most recently, she held the Coleman Chair in Family Business Management in the College of Business at Oregon State University.