Lee Bodner is a President of New Venture Fund, he brings more than 20 years of experience incubating and launching innovative partnerships with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. He previously served as a Managing Director at Arabella Advisors. Earlier in his career, he served as the Founding Executive Director of ecoAmerica, a nonprofit that works to make conservation a higher priority for the American public. At ecoAmerica, Lee was instrumental in launching the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which put the fight against climate change at the center of higher education's agenda. Lee also built strategic partnerships with nonprofits, including the Clinton Foundation and the Nature Conservancy.