Previously, Zach was Partner and Head of Growth at America’s Frontier Fund, where he led portfolio activation, strategic partnerships, and capital formation. Before AFF, he served as Director of Operations at Healthworx, the corporate innovation arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, where he drove the synthesis of operations and strategy across their health technology incubation, venture, and corporate development verticals. He started in the innovation sector as the Principal for C5 Accelerate, where he led their early-stage portfolio in cyber, artificial intelligence, and the space economy and developed an advisory service supporting defense innovation.

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Zach is a proud Ranger-qualified Paratrooper. He spent his active-duty time with the 82nd Airborne Division, where he led combat logistics advisory for supported Iraqi forces during Operation Inherent Resolve. He is a current Reservist with Special Operations Command—Europe. As a volunteer, Zach is a board member of Operation Gratitude.

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Zach received his B.A. from Princeton University, focusing on national security policy, his MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and his M.A. from King’s College London, where he was a Rotary Scholar. He also had the opportunity to serve as a Global Governance Fellow supported by the Bosch Foundation and Global Public Policy Institute and a Penn-Kemble Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy.

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