jack W. Lasersohn

Vice Chairman / finance

Jack W. Lasersohn is Vice Chair / Finance of East Hampton Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Trustees and General Partner of The Vertical Group, a private venture capital firm that is focused on the fields of medical technology and biotech.

Mr. Lasersohn has forty years of experience in healthcare venture capital investments. Prior to joining The Vertical Group's predecessor, F. Eberstadt, as a member of its venture capital division in 1981, Mr. Lasersohn was a corporate attorney with Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Mr. Lasersohn has served on the boards of over thirty medical companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Silk Road Medical and Route92 Medical. He served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and is a past Chairman of NVCA’s Medical Industry Group. In 2008, he was the recipient of the NVCA Outstanding Service Award.

In 2011, Mr. Lasersohn was appointed by the Office of the President to serve as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the FDA to develop an Innovation Pathway for medical devices. In 2012 he was appointed by the Secretary of HHS as a guest panel member of the Medicare Coverage and Advisory Committee (MEDCAC).

Mr. Lasersohn received a BS in Physics from Tufts University, an MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a JD from Yale Law School.

He also serves on the Foundation’s Executive and the Strategic Planning Committees and as Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee.