James Gill is co-founder and Lead Director of Alumni Ventures, where he helped create the firm's network-powered model that allows individual accredited investors rather than just institutions to participate in venture capital. Before becoming an investor, he was CEO of Sun Valley Foods and CFO of Santa Fe Ingredients, giving him rare operating experience in food and ingredients that informs his approach to backing physical-world companies in industrial and climate sectors. James Gill is co-founder and Lead Director of Alumni Ventures, where he helped create the firm's network-powered model that allows individual accredited investors rather than just institutions to participate in venture capital. Before becoming an investor, he was CEO of Sun Valley Foods and CFO of Santa Fe Ingredients, giving him rare operating experience in food and ingredients that informs his approach to backing physical-world companies in industrial and climate sectors.