Mr. Lepard runs Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) an investment partnership which has focused on investing in gold, silver and gold and silver miners since 2008. Prior to EMA, Mr. Lepard spent 25 years as a professional investor and venture capitalist. From 1991 to 2004 he was one of two Managing Partners at Geocapital Partners in New Jersey. Prior to Geocapital, Mr. Lepard spent seven years as a General Partner at Summit Partners in Boston, MA. Mr. Lepard has an MBA with Academic Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Colgate University.