Mr. Peterson’s experience in business development and management includes extensive work in early stage investment, start-up, growth and ongoing management of small to mid-sized companies. From the tumultuous times of the dotcom era through today’s energy and biotech industry revolutions, Paul has been directly involved in the roles of director, officer, and investor in the start-up, development, merger, acquisition and turnaround of both private and publicly-traded companies across the spectrum. Paul has extensive hands-on experience in the areas of investment, securities, legal, accounting, HR, sales, engineering, manufacturing, and the tenacity essential to the success of any endeavor.

Paul received a full scholarship to the University of Minnesota through the US Air Force ROTC. While earning his undergraduate degree in languages and linguistics, he took a year as an exchange student at Moscow State University, and later earned a master’s degree in International Business from St. Thomas College (and in International Business Management from Kansai University of Foreign Studies in Osaka, Japan). He speaks, reads, and writes fluently in Japanese and Russian and is conversant in Mandarin.

​For twenty years, Mr. Peterson has been actively involved as an investor and advisor to startups and development stage companies, and in assisting the turnaround of troubled companies with focus on the development and integration of renewable energy technologies and biotech & biomedical solutions.

Doctor Greg Brown is board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine with over 30 years of practicing experience. He is currently at the Satori Recovery Center in Laguna Beach, CA where he provides treatment and support for patients utilizing a mindfulness centered approach.

Doctor Brown earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences and Physical Chemistry from UC Irvine in 1977, and an MD at the Far Eastern University in Manila in 1982. Since completing his Residency at UC Irvine in 1986 he has been a practicing physician and counselor for over thirty years in Southern California.

Doctor Brown’s extensive history and experience in treating addiction will be an invaluable source of consultation and knowledge for the fund as it guides companies from product development to treatment care.