Donna Mackenzie CPA, CGMA

Executive Director, FireSpring Fund

Donna Mackenzie currently holds the position of Executive Director of FireSpring Fund, a not-for-profit evergreen seed fund investing in early stage technology companies. She is also the Executive Director of the co-working space Canvs and the accelerator, Starter Studio both focused on tech entrepreneurship. She also is a co-founder and principal GroupLM3, LLC a consulting practice focused on second-stage technology companies. From June 2007 through May 2013, Ms. Mackenzie held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of IZEA, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA). She also held the position of Executive Vice President of Operations, leading the financial, operational and customer service areas. In May 2011, she and the founder of IZEA jointly achieved a management buyout of 100% of the stock of IZEA, and subsequently took the company public through a reverse merger. Ms. Mackenzie also served on the board of directors of IZEA from May 2011 through September 2012. Ms. Mackenzie was previously the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from March 2003 to June 2007 of Channel Intelligence, Inc., a provider of technology to companies to enable customers to buy their products online, which was subsequently acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Ms. Mackenzie is an immediate past member at large of the governing council for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).


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