Board of Directors

Darin Feinstein is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist. Mr. Feinstein co-founded both Core Scientific and Blockcap.com as well as was an early investor and early adopter into the Bitcoin Network, investing into the space starting in 2012. In 2013 Mr. Feinstein started a mining company, and has been involved in start-up blockchain companies ever since. Mr. Feinstein is a member of the Bitcoin Mining Council and has been featured on CNBC, NASDAQ, BLOOMBERG and others.

Aside from Blockchain Mr. Feinstein is also the co-owner of a large restaurant group and a theater and entertainment company.

Giving back to the community in which he lives and works has been a focus of Feinstein’s philanthropic efforts. After founding https://feinsteingriffinfoundation.com/ over a decade ago, Mr. Feinstein and Eddie Griffin through their foundation provide support to several organizations including The Shade Tree, Keep Memory Alive and Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, at Cleveland Clinic Nevada, SafeNest, Noah’s Animal House among many others.

A licensed California attorney, and former accountant, Mr. Feinstein has served on a number of boards as well as holds privileged licenses in the gaming, banking and restaurant businesses.

Mike Levitt is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Core Scientific, Inc. From 2016 – 2021, Mike was the CEO of Kayne Anderson Capital. He served as a vice chairman and partner of Apollo Global Management, LP (Apollo) from 2012 – 2016. Mike was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Stone Tower Capital LLC, an investment firm that he sold to Apollo in 2012. Before founding Stone Tower, Mike was a partner with the private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated. Mike has been an active investor in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) industries for almost three decades. Earlier in his career, Mike was an investment banker with Smith Barney Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Mike has a B.B.A. and J. D. from the University of Michigan, and serves on the University’s Investment Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Visiting Committee of the Ross School of Business and Trustee of the Law School’s Cook Trust. Over the years, Mike has worked with numerous philanthropic organizations, including the Make-A-Wish Foundations of America and New York, and the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Jarvis Hollingsworth is the General Counsel for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., a leading alternatives investment management firm based in Los Angeles. Jarvis currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, a $175 billion pension trust fund for retirees, teachers, and employees of education-related institutions. The fund invests in domestic and international securities, private equity, real estate, and hedge funds. Jarvis has served as a director of several public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. He currently serves as a Director of Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE:LPI), a diversified energy company, along with the finance committee of the Memorial Hermann Hospital System in Houston. He is a former Director of Emergent Technologies LP, a fintech company that provides payment services in emerging markets using a gold-backed digital currency, and is also a former Director of Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (Frost Bank) (NYSE: CFR), based in San Antonio, Texas. Jarvis formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System and is also a former director of the State Bar of Texas.

He received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served for several years on active and reserve duty in the United States Army upon graduation. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center.

Matthew Minnis is a founding member of Core Scientific, having been involved with blockchain technology for several years. Mr. Minnis owns and operates a portfolio of investments primarily focused in real estate, venture capital, and technology. Mr. Minnis earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration degree with a focus on Marketing, both from Texas Christian University.

Structuring investments, innovation, and initiatives that yield competitive financial returns and positive social and environmental impact is Stacie’s passion. Her career spans the private and public sectors across the areas of investment, technology, and policy.

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Stacie Olivares in August 2019 as a Trustee of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension in the United States. She serves on four committees of the CalPERS Board of Administration: Governance, Finance & Administration, Investment, and Performance, Compensation & Talent Management.

Until April 2020, Stacie served as Chief Investment Officer of Lendistry, a minority owned CDFI and marketplace lender that provides small business loans at affordable rates. She served as the Senior Advisor on Impact Investment and Blockchain for the State of California in 2018. From 2011 through 2018, Stacie was also the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the California Organized Investment Network (COIN), an investment fund directing insurance industry capital in investments that yield competitive financial returns and environmental or social benefits to California’s underserved and rural communities. During her tenure, the value of insurers’ COIN holdings more than quadrupled from $6.6 billion at the beginning of 2011 to approximately $29 billion at the end of 2018.

Prior to joining COIN, she worked at Morgan Stanley in portfolio management and financial advisory services. Before working on Wall Street, Stacie served as the former Executive Director of the State of California’s economic advisory board, the California Commission for Economic Development. She came to the State from Palm, Inc., where she led licensee business development and account management for the tech company’s top clients.

Stacie advises several early stage companies and serves on the board of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. She is an alumna of the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University.

Kneeland Youngblood is a Founding Partner of Pharos Capital Group. Mr. Youngblood is Chairman and CEO of the Firm and responsible for overall firm strategy. Mr. Youngblood is a member of the investment committees of Pharos’ funds and currently serves on the boards of Egenera, Reel FX, and TotalTrax

Mr. Youngblood was chairman of the American Beacon Funds, a $30 billion mutual fund company, managed by American Beacon Advisors, a $65 billion investment affiliate of American Airlines. He was a director of Starwood Hotels and Lodging, one of the largest hotel companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries and 120,000 employees. He also served on the board of directors of Gap Inc., Burger King and the $3 Billion Dallas Employee Retirement System. He was a former director of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, a global energy services company taken public in 1998 in a $1.4 billion initial public offering in the largest U.S. government privatization since Conrail. He served as a Presidential appointee with Senate confirmation in his role on the Board. He currently serves on the board of Scientific Games Corporation, TPG PACE Holdings, and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a UK based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Youngblood is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and graduated from Princeton University in 1978 with an A.B. in Politics/Science in Human Affairs and earned an M.D. degree from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in 1982. Mr. Youngblood is based out of the firm’s Dallas office.