Colin Van Ostern serves as Senior Advisor at Alumni Ventures, where he has worked previously as President & COO beginning in 2019. Van Ostern is a business executive with a background supporting startups and technology companies across fintech, edtech, consumer goods and nonprofit. Earlier in his career, he helped launch a new online college at Southern New Hampshire University, which is now the largest online university in the United States, and was a founding board member helping develop the US Department of Commerce-designated “Tech Hub” for regenerative manufacturing of human cells, tissue, and organs. Previously, Van Ostern was publicly elected to serve two terms as Executive Councilor for the State of New Hampshire. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University.
