Emily Dinino is the Founder & CEO of ThermoShade, a Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator portfolio company tackling the problem of extreme heat with innovative outdoor cooling panels. Emily has extensive experience in finance and entrepreneurship across investment banking, venture capital, and nonprofit finance. She has been an investor in mission-driven technology and consumer companies from Pre-Seed to Series C and is intimately familiar with the challenges early-stage companies face. Emily holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.