Roger Strauch is Chair of The Roda Group, an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded with Dan Miller in 1997. Roda invests in people, technologies, and companies that address the consequences of climate change, natural resource contamination or scarcity, and the transition to low carbon energy. Notable investments include Svante (carbon capture), Gridtential Energy (advanced silicon batteries), and Axine Water Technologies (PFAS eradication). Roger is on the board of Chart Industries (NYSE: GTLS), was formerly chairman of Cool Systems (sold to Halyard Health in 2018), was CEO and Chair of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com), and CEO and a board member of Symmetricom (now owned by Microchip). He co-founded TCSI Corp with Dan Miller in 1983 and was its CEO, leading it from start-up to IPO and a public secondary offering. Prior to TCSI, he was a communications system engineer and project manager for Hughes Aircraft's (now Boeing) Space and Communications Group.

In addition to his business achievements, Roger is deeply involved in supporting academic, artistic, and philanthropic institutions and initiatives For over 20 years he was an executive Board member of the Tony Award winning Berkeley Repertory Theater, including serving as President of the Board of Trustees. For over 20 years, Roger served as an Executive Board Member of The Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, a premier collaborative NSF and privately funded research institution, including serving as Chair of the Board of Trustees. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem and UC Berkeley's College of Engineering Advisory Board. Roger is the leader of the Mosse Art Restitution Project, a global search for Nazi-looted artifacts (from his father's stepfamily), the largest and most successful such effort in history. With his brother Hans, Roger is Co-President of The Mosse Foundation which provides support to humanitarian, educational, and cultural enhancement initiatives in the US, Europe, and Armenia. He is an advisor to and investor in his son Alex's new bread crumb seasoning company, Conza Crumbs. Roger, a licensed amateur radio operator, holds two patents in wireless communications and earned his degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell and Stanford.

Dan Miller is Managing Director and co-founder of The Roda Group, a venture capital firm focused on climate solutions. He is also Senior Advisor to Starshot Capital, an early-stage climate-focused venture fund and he serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of PRIME Coalition's Azolla Fund. Previously, Dan was president and board member of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) and served on the boards of several successful former Roda affiliates, including PolyServe (acquired by HP), SightSpeed (acquired by Logitech), and Solazyme (IPO in 2011). Before co-founding The Roda Group, Dan was Executive Vice President at TCSI Corporation, a telecommunications software provider he co-founded with his Roda partner Roger Strauch, and he began his career as a satellite systems engineer at Hughes Aircraft's (now Boeing) Space and Communications Group, where he helped design Australia's first communications satellite, AUSSAT, as well as the early designs for the DirecTV satellite.

Beyond venture capital, Dan is deeply involved in climate advocacy and education. He was a board member and president of the Chabot Space & Science Center's Foundation where he helped develop Bill Nye's Climate Lab for kids. Dan has spoken widely on climate change, including at the COP15 conference in Copenhagen, his TEDx talk is recognized as one of the top climate videos by The Sanders Institute and others, and he is host of the Climate Chat YouTube channel. Mr. Miller was a member of the Biden-Harris energy and environment policy committee prior to the 2020 election and he has collaborated with climate scientist James Hansen on carbon pricing policy. Dan holds degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell and Stanford and has three patents in compression and wireless communications technology.