VentureCapital.org, a non-profit organization that helps entrepreneurs through the venture capital financing process, has named Trent Christensen as CEO. Based in Salt Lake City, VentureCapital.org was originally organized as the Wayne Brown Institute in 1983.
Christensen come to VentureCapital.org from Zions Bank, where he was vice president of community development, overseeing a $1.3 million budget for fostering entrepreneurship throughout the state. Before that, he was the director of the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and oversaw all administrative and fundraising operations, including the establishment of the Hatch Center for Legislative and Public Policy Studies. He was also the regional finance director for the 2012 Romney for President campaign.
He graduated magna cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where he served on both the BYU Law Review and the BYU International Law and Management Review. He formerly practiced law in Boston.