On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Galaxy organized a fireside chat with Rob Neville, who shared his story of founding/selling Evity, then Savara Pharmaceuticals, then becoming CEO at Goodwill Central Texas. Afterward, guests engaged Rob in Q&A, followed by a buffet networking dinner.

Invited guests ranged from investors in Savara, to healthcare investors and executives, to philanthropists and impact investors and executives:

• Wesley King — Founder at Coherent Capital
• Emma Leavy — Investor at Gratitude Railroad
• Gunnar Teltow — Founding Partner at UpShift Capital
• Andrew Rauch — Managing Partner at Venture + Philanthropy
• Bob LiVolsi — CEO at Vaccine Systems
• Chance Coble + wife — General Manager at Yellowfin BI
• Mike Hubik — Chief Accounting Officer at Planview
• Piyanka Jain — CEO at Aryng
• Ray Wolf — CEO at Televero Health
• Robert McKee — Managing Director at Cypress Associates
• Sayan Chatterjee — Head of Engineering at Unifimoney
• Tim McGee — Business Advisor at Tolarus Partners
• Solome Skaff — CEO at The Forward Foundation
• Dilum Chandrasoma + Surangi — Private Investor
• Rick Timmins — Private Investor
• Tricia Moose — Chief of Staff at Austin Healthcare Council
• Sonal Shah — CEO at Texas Tribune
• Sahil Sachdev — CTO at KnowSeafood
• Hala Farid — Executive Director at Texas Community Capital
• Clint Hampton — Group Chair at Vistage
• Gabi Guardia — Executive Director at Latinitas
• Alicyn Yarbrough — CEO at A Glimmer of Hope
• Jeremy Ransom — Principal at Ransom Capital Ventures
• Ed Latson — CEO at Opportunity Austin
• Howie Lyke — CEO at The Sherpa Companies
• James Canup — Senior Major Gifts Officer at Texas Tribune
• Charles Gaines + Catherine Savage — Chief of Staff at Raise Your Hand Texas

Join Galaxy to attend unlimited weekly fireside dinners, as well as to access vetted investment deal flow, private chef deal flow discussion dinners, and receive concierge introductions to high-caliber peers. Galaxy is a social business community for later-stage founders, investors, and executives.