Emily McMahan

Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors
Co-Founder & General Partner, Academy Investor Network

Emily McMahan is the co-founder and general partner at the Academy Investor Network, a seed-focused investment syndicate that exposes U.S. Service Academy alumni to the venture asset class and funds best-in-class startups.

Previously, Emily served as the Executive Director of Capitol Post, an incubator that taught military veterans and their spouses how to think and act like entrepreneurs. Capitol Post was also the home of Bunker Labs DC, a national 501(c)(3) organization network of military veteran entrepreneurs dedicated to helping the military-connected community start their own business. Before starting Capitol Post, Emily was a partner and CFO at a successful startup technology firm serving the federal government. Emily holds an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Patriot Boot Camp based out of Boulder, CO and lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children.