Brian Quintenz

Brian D. Quintenz is a Board Chairman, Director, investor, and advisor to the world’s most innovative financial technology companies. He has long stood out as an innovative thinker and was one of the earliest leaders in Washington to recognize the value of event contracts and crypto networks. Since 2021, Quintenz has been a Board member of KalshiEx, the CFTC-regulated futures exchange of Kalshi. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Next Level Derivatives, a Board Director of publicly traded Sui Group (SUIG), and an advisor to Ubyx. Previously, Quintenz was the Global Head of Policy for a16z crypto, the crypto venture fund of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Prior to joining a16z, he was nominated by President Trump in 2017 to serve as majority commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to which he was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and served for four years until stepping down in August of 2021.