Cynthia Ekberg Tsai
Cynthia Tsai is Executive Vice President for Business Development. She spent 16 years on Wall Street as a Vice President with Merrill Lynch and Kidder Peabody, involved in venture funds, IPOs, and investor relations. Tsai is the founder and CEO of HealthExpo, the largest consumer healthcare event in the U.S. In seven years she grew the enterprise from concept to execution, attracting more than 50 million consumers to HealthExpo.
Tsai has achieved international recognition for her expertise in private equity financing and development of high-growth companies by securing private capitalization from high-net worth investors.
Previously, she was a General Partner in MassTech Ventures, a multi-million dollar equity fund focused on technology development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She has served on numerous boards and committees:
- Member of the Board of the Institute for Global Finance at Pace University (2001-present)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the White House Project (2001-present)
- Advisor to the Chairman of Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1999-2005)
- Member of the Board of Directors at the American Association (1999-2002)
- New York Board of Directors for the Weizmann Institute of Science (2000-2004)
- Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association (1996-2006)
- Member of the Economic Club of New York.
- Advisory Committee Member of the National Institutes of Health (2000-2002)
- Member of the World Economic Forum (1992-1998)
In 1999, the Harvard Business School Alumni Chapter in New York recognized Tsai with an Early Stage Honor Roll Award for Entrepreneurship. In 2004, she also received a “Leading Woman Entrepreneur of the World” Award from the Star Foundation in Oakland Park, Kansas.
She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Missouri.
<- Previous Profile Next Profile ->