Hope Cochran built her career as an operator before becoming an investor, founding and selling SkillsVillage, then serving as CFO through King's IPO and sale to Activision and Clearwire's $12 billion in capital raises and sale to Sprint, an experience that also shaped her view of King as fundamentally a data company and her interest in businesses that make enterprise data easier to use. She holds Stanford degrees in both economics and music/opera, chairs board committees at Hasbro and MongoDB, and has led Madrona's involvement in OnBoarding Women, reflecting a reputation for being especially effective in board roles and supporting women in leadership.