Teresa Carlson is the founding President of General Catalyst Institute, leveraging her decades of leadership experience as a visionary industry disruptor. She works to enact positive change for new and emerging technologies, focusing on accelerating global resilience in AI, cloud computing, defense, cyber, and mission intelligence. She serves as an international advisor and board member at the venture capital firm General Catalyst. Teresa is also a veteran executive of large tech companies, including Amazon, where she founded and led Worldwide Public Sector and Industries, growing it into a multibillion-dollar business. She led the US Federal Business at Microsoft and returned as a Corporate Vice President and Executive in Residence. Teresa also led large global organizations at Splunk and Flexport, where she served as President and Chief Growth Officer.

Teresa currently serves on the Board of Directors for Commure and is a General Catalyst Advisor and Board Observer for Re:Build, Cobot, Mark43 and a Director at PagerDuty, a public company.

Teresa also dedicates time to philanthropic and leadership roles in the global community. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the White House Historical Association, Executive Committee of The Atlantic Council, Board of Trustees at Meridian International Center, and Commissioner at the National Portrait Gallery.