Falon is the CEO of VentureOhio, which facilitates a collaborative statewide entrepreneurial ecosystem and increases access to angel and venture capital for Ohio entrepreneurs. Prior to VentureOhio, while serving in the Ohio Air National Guard, she was in technology solution sales and business development. In 2017, she founded NextGen, a Midwest VC peer group that promotes collaboration, education and deal flow.

Rich is a serial entrepreneur, turned economic development enthusiast, turned venture capitalist. Today he is the Managing Partner of NCT Ventures, an early stage fund focussed on the MidWest, and a Partner at Health 2047 Capital, a Palo Alto based fund launched by the AMA to "Change healthcare at the system level". Rich also serves on the InnovateOhio and Columbus Partnership Boards.