Tara Lemmey


Tara L. Lemméy is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of LENS Ventures, an investment firm based in San Francisco.

Career

In 1998, Lemméy served on the board of TrustArc. In February 1999, she became the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a position she held until 2000.
Lemméy joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Privacy Advisory Committee in 2005. Two years later, she served as a Commissioner on the Embassy of the Future Task Force at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, representing Silicon Valley. In 2009, she was part of the U.S. State Department's Technology Delegation to Mexico, which explored ways for U.S. technology companies to assist Mexican citizens in dealing with the country’s drug-related challenges.
She is a member of Rework America, part of the Markle Economic Future Initiative. She contributed to the Technology Working Group on the Markle Foundation's Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, including the SHARE information environment recommendation, which later became the Information Sharing Environment.
Lemméy is CEO and Founder of LENS, an investment firm focusing on preparing institutions for future challenges. She previously led Net Power & Light, which developed technology for video collaboration and live experiences. She participated at the Aspen Institute and contributed to the Aspen Round Table on Talent Development report.
Lemméy has worked with the United States Department of State on international outreach, speaking on entrepreneurship and innovation in Switzerland and Turkey.

Awards and honors

  • Fast Company MCP 1000: Most Creative People in Business
  • Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2013
  • Profiled in ''The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion''