David is CEO and co-founder of CommonBond. Before that, he worked at American Express and McKinsey & Company. He graduated from Brandeis University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. David was one of Crain’s New York 2016 40 Under 40, and is a 2017 Ernst & Young New York Entrepreneur of the Year award winner.

Vinayak is in charge of risk mitigation at CommonBond and leads the credit and pricing teams. Prior to joining, he was Global Head of Governance in Treasury Capital Markets at Citigroup. He also worked at S&P and Capital One focusing on credit and structured finance. Vinayak graduated from NIT India with BE in Engineering and has an MBA from UNC.

Sam leads the capital markets team at CommonBond. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in mortgage and asset-backed securities. After Lehman Brothers, he was an investment analyst at Monarch Alternative Capital and PartnerRe Principal Finance. Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with a BBA in Accounting and Finance.

Darlene leads product management at CommonBond. After several years at American Express, she defined and evolved product offerings at two startups: CredSimple and Wickr. She has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. When not spending time with family, you'll find her running in a triathlon, advising startups, and mentoring women in tech.

Jay has more than 25 years of experience working at investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Barclays raising capital for financial & technology issuers - completing over 230 transactions (95 IPOs) raising $145 billion. He earned an MBA from the Wharton School (Univ. of Pennsylvania) and has JD/ BA degrees from Georgetown.

Robb leads operations at CommonBond, including care, application processing, and quality. Robb founded Raiseworks, a lending platform that connects businesses with individual investors. Before that, he was a consultant for Seabury Group. Robb also served as a Captain in the US Air Force. He has an MBA from Columbia and a BA in Economics from UNC.

Veena serves as VP of Strategy at CommonBond where she oversees strategic partnerships and corporate development. She joined CommonBond from Morgan Stanley’s corporate strategy and M&A group. Prior to that, Veena was in the Investment Banking group at Morgan Stanley. She graduated with a B.S. in Economics from M.I.T. and has an MBA from Harvard.

Prior to joining CommonBond, Leigh spent 3 years as VP Business Development at CAN Capital, where he managed a partner acquisition team focused on strategic and digital partnerships. He developed CAN Capital’s go to market strategy as well as led the product team in building partner facing tools. Leigh also has a JD from NYU School of Law.

Dean leads CommonBond’s product and engineering teams. Prior to joining, he was CTO of L2, a digital marketing research firm, and Annalect, a data agency. He oversaw product, UX, infrastructure, application and platform development. Before that, Dean was a tech consultant at Sapient for 10 years. He has a BSc(Hons) from the University of Otago.

Keryn leads the people team at CommonBond; overseeing HR, recruiting and culture.  Previously, she was the Director of HR at Yodle, a high growth online marketing company based in NYC. Keryn started her career at Barclays Investment Bank where she held various roles in HR. She is a graduate of Villanova University with a B.A. in Economics.

Pete leads CommonBond's student lending business. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Gradible, a fintech company that helps people evaluate and optimize student loan repayment options. In 2016, CommonBond acquired Gradible. He has also held management roles at Tough Mudder and 3Ships, a digital agency. Pete is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.

Tara Fung leads CommonBond’s Enterprise team which is focused on providing education benefits to employers. Prior to CommonBond, Tara worked for German automotive giant, Daimler AG, in international strategy and project management roles. Tara has a B.S. in Economics from the University of South Carolina, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.