Marcel Valenta serves as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Risepoint and is responsible for all legal, regulatory, and compliance matters for the company. Prior to joining Risepoint, Marcel served for seven years as General Counsel and Head of Enterprise Development at ASU Enterprise Partners, a nonprofit organization that supports Arizona State University in its resource raising efforts. During his time at ASU Enterprise Partners, he was closely involved in the formation of two groundbreaking public-private partnerships, InStride and Cintana. He previously served as senior corporate counsel at Hewlett Packard and started his career as a corporate attorney at multinational law firms in Chicago and Silicon Valley. Marcel completed undergraduate legal studies in Berlin, Germany, and Florence, Italy, and holds a J.D. and an LL.M. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.