Edson W. Spencer, Jr. is the founder and chairman of Affinity Capital Management, a health care focused venture capital firm. Prior to founding Affinity Capital, Spencer was an officer at Dyco Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration company.
Spencer currently serves on the board of directors of Affinity portfolio companies: AppTec Laboratories, Inc., Celleration, Inc. and Geodigm Corporation. He has also served on the boards of other portfolio companies, including Gentra Systems, Image Guided Neurologics, Medintell Systems, ProVation Medical and TouchPoint Software.
In addition, he has served on several non-profit boards, including Children's Health Care (former chairperson), Katahdin House, Minneapolis Club, Minnesota Children's Museum (former chairperson), Minnesota Venture Capital Association (former president), The Blake School (former chairperson), Wilderness Inquiry and Woodhill Country Club.
Spencer earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and a master of business administration from Columbia Business School in New York. |