Michael Handler – Director
Mr. Handler is the Co-Founder and President of Clear Path Materials Inc., a specialty chemical company. Prior to co-founding Clear Path Materials, Mr. Handler served as Co-President of Building and Land Technology (“BLT”), a real estate private equity, development, and property management firm. Mr. Handler previously served for eight years as Director of Administration and Chief Financial Officer for the City of Stamford, Connecticut, under both a Republican and a Democratic mayor. In that role, he was responsible for the City’s financial management and operational oversight. During this period, he also served as Chairman of the Board of the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Chairman of the Tax Abatement Committee, Chairman of the OPEB Board of Trustees, and Managing Member of the Stamford Asset Management Group. Mr. Handler also served for nine years as Emergency Management Director for the Town of New Canaan, where he was responsible for coordinating municipal emergency response operations, including leadership during multiple major storm events and the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier in his career, Mr. Handler held senior investment management positions, including Senior Portfolio Manager at SAC Capital Management and Executive Vice President at Jefferies Asset Management, where he led investment teams responsible for evaluating investment opportunities, managing risk, and implementing financial and operational improvements at portfolio companies. Mr. Handler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Emory University and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Kenneth Bernard – Director
Dr. Bernard is an emergency medicine physician and healthcare executive with expertise in clinical quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and health system leadership. He currently serves as Chief Clinical Officer of UVA Community Health in Northern Virginia, where he oversees clinical quality, patient safety, physician performance, and regulatory readiness across a multi-hospital system. Previously, he co-founded Pinnacle Emergency Medical Group (now merged with ArcHealth), helping scale physician services while leading quality assurance, peer review, utilization management, and risk mitigation programs. Earlier in his career, he practiced in the Indian Health Service and served as principal investigator for the first IHS National Emergency Department Inventory Study. Dr. Bernard collaborates with the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health and is a co-founder and Treasurer of the Indigenous School of Medicine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MD and MBA from Harvard University.
Andrew Brandt – Director
Mr. Brandt has over 30 years of experience as a software engineer, technology executive, and entrepreneur. For more than 25 years, Mr. Brandt serves as CEO of Digital Wasabi in Boulder Colorado, with a focus on the development of mobile apps, full-service web technologies and interactive apps. Mr. Brandt also serves as the Senior Vice President of Engineering at VRPS, Inc. He has founded and operated multiple technology companies, including companies that have completed liquidity events, and has held senior technology leadership roles at venture-backed and publicly traded companies across industries including software-as-a-service, mobile applications, healthcare technology, real estate technology, energy management, and financial technology. Mr. Brandt holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego, and is a named inventor on multiple issued patents.
Robert Sean Foley – Director
Mr. Foley is the founder and CEO of AltFi Services Group, a provider of accounting, payroll, treasury management, and fractional CFO services. Mr. Foley is a seasoned financial professional with over 25 years of experience spanning both public and private sectors, including several international corporations. Concurrently with the start of AltFi Services Group, Mr. Foley spent two years as a Director of EnviroGold Global Limited (CNSX:NVRO), a clean-technology company that recovers valuable metals from mine waste and tailings using its proprietary NVRO Process™, reducing environmental liabilities and promoting sustainable resource management. Mr. Foley received a BBA degree from the University of Regina in 1997 and is a non-practicing and retired CPA.
Ransom Langford – Director
Mr. Langford has over 30 years of experience with private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings and board service. Mr. Langford spent 15 years as a Partner at TPG Inc., one of the largest global alternative asset managers. His responsibilities there included sourcing and evaluating private equity opportunities in the U.S. and internationally, serving on multiple investment committees, serving on the TPG Growth Executive Management Committee, and raising private equity funds from investors in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to TPG, Mr. Langford was a Partner at J.H. Whitney & Co., a Connecticut-based middle market investment firm, and he also spent six years in private equity and investment banking at Brentwood Associates and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, respectively. Mr. Langford holds a Master of Business Administration with Honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree, Cum Laude with Highest Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Vanessa Slowey – President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ms. Slowey is a high-growth leader specialized in conceptualizing, launching and scaling technology businesses in emerging markets and transforming early-stage startups into market leaders globally. Known for her dynamic leadership, coupled with a people and customer-centric approach, she is a proactive strategist with a passion for democratizing markets to drive access and opportunity.
Ms. Slowey has held senior leadership and board roles across digital infrastructure, fintech and emerging technologies. Prior to joining TelyRx, Ms. Slowey spent two years as CEO of Digicel Group, a telecommunications and digital service provider, for the Caribbean, South and Central America regions renowned for its commitment to providing access for all. Prior to that, she served for eight years as founding CEO of Digicel for the Asia Pacific Region – during which time, she also founded and served as CEO of the Myanmar Tower Company, a leading telecommunications company specializing in the development, acquisition and management of wireless communication towers. Ms. Slowey has a Master’s degree from the University of Salford and is designated as a Certified Investment Fund Director by the Institute of Banking Ireland.