Keith Powers

Who is Keith Powers?

Keith

is currently the COO of Prize Capital, LLC an innovative financial

model at the intersection of invention, investment and philanthropy.

Prior to Prize Capital Keith was the EVP of Strategic Development

at the X PRIZE Foundation where

he spearheaded an effort to create a modern-day version of the Nobel

Prize. He then led a successful effort to raise the funding to support

the development of a series of global inducement prizes in a variety

of areas including energy, the environment/carbon, genomics, medicine,

nanotechnology, transportation, education and social entrepreneurship.

Keith

previously started and sold several companies, including a non-traditional

media company in 2000, and a Hispanic DRTV- advertising agency in

2003. From 1996-1999, Keith was the Director of Operations at Sun

Apparel-The Polo Jeans Company, a $500M global manufacturer, distributor

and retailer of casual apparel.

Civic leadership, youth development and national service has long

been a focus for Keith, including a stint at the US Embassy in Mexico

City in 1994 and as a volunteer corps member and then later as a

national staff member with City

Year, an “action tank” for national service. He

is currently on the Board of Directors of Kids

Korps USA, Prize4life.org

and is an advisor to several start-ups including Overdrive

Interactive, Idea Crossing

and Rigital Communications.

Keith holds a B.A. in Political Science with honors from Northeastern

University, an MBA from the Thunderbird

School of Global Management, and has attended several executive

seminars including Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical

Issues for Board Leadership at Harvard

Business School. He has lived, worked, studied or traveled to

over 30 countries and is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Japanese.

He currently lives in Palo Alto, CA with his wife Michiko and their new

baby girl Harmony.