Thomas Lehrman is an experienced entrepreneur and venture investor. Thomas is Managing Partner of Teamworthy Ventures (previously known as Haystack Partners) and Co-Founder of Gerson Lehrman Group, served as an Office Director at the US Department of State, and co-founded the first charter school in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School, and his writings have appeared in various law and policy journals as well as in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.