trish costello born patricia costello is an entrepreneur with corporate nonprofit and academic experience she is recognized internationally for her pioneering work in educating and preparing venture capital investment partners through the prestigious kauffman fellows program as the founding ceo and previously a ceo emeritus of the center for venture education she expanded the kauffman fellows education program to venture capitalists in 10 countries on four continents costello was on the startup team of the kauffman foundations entrepreneurship center where for eight years she directed its efforts in venture capital angel investing entrepreneur support programs and programming to accelerate high potential women entrepreneurs she played a leading role nationally in obtaining greater financial equity investments in womens businesses and in funding initiatives supporting highgrowth women entrepreneurscostello continues to serve as president of cve capital corp a holding company affiliated with a venture capital fund of funds created to endow the kauffman fellows program her prior experience includes directing the arthur m blank center for entrepreneurship at babson college developing small business products and marketing strategies at the initial divestiture of the bell system and launching medical ventures for an investor group of twenty prominent childrens hospitals as executive vice president of the startup child health corporation of americashe serves on the national advisory board of the national science foundation for its small business innovation research grants she was an advisor to the small business administration on its work with entrepreneurs under president bill clinton and served on the small business administration transition committee under president george w bush she has served on numerous boards and advisory committees to entrepreneurial organizations and institutes including the national venture capital association the international business forum and the helzberg entrepreneurial mentoring program costellos free time centers on 21 year old twin daughterscurrently trish resides in san jose california where she serves on the board of directors of echogen biosciences an antibody drug conjugate platform company