Heather J. Richman

As the Entrepreneur in Residence at BMNT, Heather works alongside the US Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to create ecosystems of innovators and investors to engage in national security-focused problem solving on all levels. Based in Palo Alto, CA, she is the founder of the Defense Investor Network which fuses the private capital investment ecosystem and the national security enterprise to promote agile innovation and transition while reducing the threat of foreign direct investment (FDI). Previously, Heather spent time on Capitol Hill where she led Appropriations, Budget, and Tax for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY), handled government relations for Stanford University, and was part of the founding team of Elemental Excelerator, the $36M Navy initiative that has leveraged $2B in private capital and paved the way for energy innovation in the military.