Virginia Klausmeier is the President and CEO of Sylvatex, Inc., a venture backed climate tech company that she founded in 2012. With her background in chemistry and engineering, Virginia has been leading technical and business teams for the last 15 years. She is currently an active collaborator at the world economic forum, national labs, reviewer for scientific awards and grants, and advising climate tech and minority led organizations. She is a fellow of All Raise and Unreasonable Group, as well as a member of Alliance of CEOs, Astia, and E2. Virginia attended University of Oregon earning her B.S. in Chemistry/Economics, M.S. in Engineering, and Executive Program at Singularity University.