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Lily Sarafan

Chair, TheKey | Trustee, Stanford | Board Director, Instacart & Thumbtack | Henry Crown Fellow | YGL | Project BIG

San Francisco Bay Area

Work Experience

2005

  • Executive Chair

    2020

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2005 - 2020

    With a mission to be the most trusted source of long term care at home, TheKey is reimagining aging through its 10,000+ team members, data-led operations, and precision care solutions.

  • Member, Board of Trustees

    2020

    Co-Chair, Presidential Search Committee (2023-) Vice Chair, Freeman Spogli Institute Council (2017-) Vice Chair, Stanford Undergraduate Cabinet (2014-) Member, Vision Committee (2022-) Member, Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Council (2020-) Member, LEAD Council (2016-) Co-Chair, Task Force on Ethics, Society and Technology (2021) Member, Stanford Impact Labs Task Force (2021) Board Member, Stanford Alumni Association (2015-2020) Co-Chair, Reunion Campaign (2008-2023) Co-Chair, Communications, Task Force on Undergraduate Education (2012-2014) Board Member, Stanford Professional Women (2008-2010)

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    Lead Independent Director Comp / NomGov Committees By powering the future of grocery, Instacart gives everyone access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

    Comp Committee Chair / Audit (former) Thumbtack is the modern home management platform, helping people care for their homes and empowering small businesses nationwide.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Kyo transforms ABA therapy outcomes through its leading technology and clinical expertise.

  • Investor / Advisor

    2013

    Cota Capital invests in modern public and private enterprise technology companies. Civilization Ventures invests in leading synthetic biology and digital health/AI companies. Streamlined Ventures invests in transformative technologies at the seed stage. Pear VC bets on founders and category-defining companies at the earliest stages. Mezmo | log management for modern engineering teams Vave | wireless, ultra-portable ultrasound ecosystem Labelbox | leading training data platform for production AI Ohmni | telepresence robots to transform how people connect Blueboard | authentic employee recognition at scale Seniorly | modern marketplace for senior living Entefy | advanced AI solutions for enterprise growth Ethernovia | virtualized vehicle communication Serve | autonomous mobility robots shaping the future of delivery Placer.ai | unprecedented insights into consumer foot traffic Neuralight | AI platform for digitizing neurology

  • Founding Partner, Project BIG

    2018

    Project BIG: The Stanford Brain Immune Gut Initiative aims to unlock the mysteries underlying neurological and autoimmune diseases through clinician-scientist collaboration across disciplines.

  • Appointed Member, Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer’s and Aging

    2019

    Advising the Governor on how the private and public sectors alongside families and communities can prevent and prepare for the rise of neurodegenerative disease at a time of historic demographic change

  • Henry Crown Fellow

    2017

    The flagship initiative of The Aspen Global Leadership Network, The Henry Crown Fellowship mobilizes proven entrepreneurial leaders toward building a better society.

  • Young Global Leader

    2018

    YGL is a multi-stakeholder community with an extraordinary commitment to building a sustainable and inclusive future in the global public interest.