Terry McGuire, a widely respected venture capital leader and founding partner of Polaris Partners, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, and a BS in physics and economics from Hobart College. In the course of his venture capital career, he has invested in more than 80 companies and co-founded three others: collectively, these companies raised more than $7 billion in equity and corporate capital and achieved a peak value of more than $70 billion. Among many recognitions, McGuire has been chosen as one of Scientific American’s Worldview 100 and of Forbes’ Top Life Sciences Investors. He is former chairman of the  National Venture Capital Association; chaired the board of the Thayer School; and has served on the boards of more than a dozen public and private organizations. He currently serves as chair of the Institute’s Nominating Committee.