John Delaney is an entrepreneur, business leader, and public servant. John is currently the Founder and Executive Chairman of Forbright Bank and a Managing Partner at Galvanize Climate Solutions.

By the age of 40, John founded and was CEO of two NYSE listed companies – HealthCare Financial Partners Inc. and CapitalSource Inc. John later went on to be elected to represent Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served for six years. While in Congress John was on the Financial Services and Joint Economic Committees and co-founded the Artificial Intelligence and Climate Solutions Caucuses.

John is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Geographic Society, the Bipartisan Policy Center and a past member of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University. John is a member of YPO, was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and in 2017 was named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine. John received his J.D. from Georgetown Law Center and his A.B. from Columbia University.