Governance

As Co-Founder and CEO of Deep Fission, Liz Muller leads the development and commercialization of a first-of-its-kind underground nuclear energy system designed to radically reduce the cost, timeline, and siting risk of nuclear deployment. She brings decades of experience operating at the intersection of nuclear engineering, environmental stewardship, and large-scale infrastructure innovation.

Liz is a serial nuclear entrepreneur with a track record of building organizations that move technically complex, highly regulated energy solutions from concept to reality. She previously co-founded Deep Isolation, a pioneering nuclear waste disposal company, where she served as CEO and now serves as Board Chair. Under her leadership, Deep Isolation advanced deep borehole disposal from theory to regulator-engaged, commercially viable pathways, reshaping global conversations around long-term nuclear waste management.

In parallel, Liz co-founded Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit that produces authoritative climate and temperature datasets used by governments, researchers, and international organizations worldwide. Her work across these ventures reflects a consistent focus on high-consequence systems, public trust, and evidence-based decision-making in energy and environmental policy.

A named inventor on multiple patents, Liz has been recognized for her contributions to clean energy innovation, including being named a Clean Energy Rising Star by Business Insider. Her leadership is distinguished by the ability to translate deep technical insight into credible, scalable business outcomes in some of the most scrutinized regulatory environments in the world.

Liz holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from UC San Diego and a Master’s in International Management from ESCP Business School in Paris.

Public Company Director | Audit Committee Chair | Startup-to-Public Company Governance & Capital Markets

Board Roles & Committees

Mr. Angell serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Deep Isolation Nuclear and Deep Fission. At Deep Isolation, he chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Nominating & Governance and Compensation Committees. He has served on the Deep Isolation board since January 2022 and is Audit Committee Chair overseeing financial reporting, SEC reporting, and compliance. In November 2025, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Deep Fission, where he chairs the Compensation Committee.

Board & Value Creation Experience

Mr. Angell served as Audit Committee Chair of Esdinamico from 2017 to 2019 (acquired by SOVOS), where he led Audit Committee, oversaw external audits, and ensured accurate financial reporting and compliance with GAAP and IFRS.

Mr. Angell also served as a Director on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) from 2012 to 2018, overseeing financial reporting, fund accounting, and tax compliance.

Through advisory roles across AI, fintech, and international market-access platforms, Mr. Angell maintains current exposure to emerging technologies, regulatory complexity, and the scaling challenges faced by growth-stage and public-company organizations. His current advisory roles include Arcuity.AI (AI-driven insurance technology), Wispok (AI-enabled fintech payments), US Market Access Center (cross-border market entry), FirmAuto USA (technology-enabled auto finance), and SV Links (Ibero-American entrepreneur networks).

Professional Background

Mr. Angell is the Founder and CEO of Angell Investments, a Silicon Valley-based advisory firm providing strategic CFO, capital markets, and M&A advisory services. His experience spans startups through Fortune 500 companies, including work with Hitachi, Toyota, General Motors, Philips, Merrill Lynch, and Ubisoft.

Credentials & Governance Strengths

Mr. Angell holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Financial Manager (CFM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). His background enables boards to benefit from rigorous oversight across financial reporting, audit, internal controls, risk management, and executive compensation, while also bringing practical fluency in technology-driven environments, including IT architecture, AI-enabled systems, and cybersecurity. Having worked with both early-stage companies and global enterprises, he understands how scalable governance, controls, and technology frameworks must evolve as organizations grow.

Founder and Managing Partner: Eschelon Advisors, LP
Director: MIND Technology, Deep Fission, Crescent Pass Energy, Strand Energy
Advisory Director: Buzz Solutions
Former Director: Itron

Glanville serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. He is the managing partner of Eschelon Advisors, LP, and its affiliates, providing energy and private equity investment and advisory services, a position he has held for more than five years.

Mr. Glanville currently serves on the boards of directors of privately held oil and gas exploration and production companies Crescent Pass Energy Holdings, LLC and Strand Energy, LLC, and since 2015 has served as a Director and Audit Committee Chair of MIND Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of innovative technology to the global marine industry. Glanville is also an Advisory Director of Buzz Solutions, Inc., a leading AI inspection and monitoring software provider to electric utilities. 

Previously, Mr. Glanville served from 2001 to 2022 as a director of Itron, Inc., a publicly traded technology and services company dedicated to the efficient use of energy and water, where he served as Chair of the Audit/Finance Committee and as a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committees. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Technology and New Ventures for Reliant Energy, Inc. and its affiliate, Reliant Resources, Inc. Mr. Glanville also served as Chairman of the Texas Tri-Cities branch (Houston, Austin, and San Antonio) of the National Association of Corporate Directors from 2011 to 2016.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.

Board Director | Strategic Advisor | Investor

Leslie Goldman Tepper is a highly experienced board director, senior executive, corporate lawyer, and investor with more than 30 years of leadership as a board member and former General Counsel.  She has served on multiple public and private company boards as a member of their Audit committees and as Chair of Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.  Her particular areas of expertise include corporate governance, SEC readiness, complex growth strategies, strategic transactions, risk management, investor relations, private funding, and corporate law.

Ms. Tepper is the Managing Member of her family office and investment platform, through which she oversees a diversified portfolio of alternative assets and real estate investments. She is also the Co-Founder and former General Partner of The Artemis Fund, a seed-stage venture capital fund investing in female-founded fintech and commerce companies, where, as a General Partner, she led portfolio construction, fundraising, investment committee processes, and board governance.

Her current board service includes Deep Isolation (Ticker: TBD), Deep Fission (Ticker: TBD), Titan Acquisition Corp. (TACH), and Berkeley Earth. Her prior board service includes NACD Texas TriCities and Utah, UNest, DressX, CNote, Hello Divorce, and the Egyptian Theatre (Park City). She is widely regarded for her board-level insight into regulated industries and emerging technologies, including nuclear and energy, waste management, life sciences, healthcare, and fintech.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Tepper spent a decade as Vice President & General Counsel of Fisher HealthCare, a multi-billion-dollar diagnostics business within Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she led legal, regulatory, commercial, and strategic initiatives and advised senior leadership on risk, compliance, and growth. She previously served more than six years as Senior Legal Counsel at Waste Management, overseeing legal, regulatory, and government affairs across Texas and Oklahoma. She also served as a Managing Director at Major, Lindsey & Africa, advising public and private companies on senior executive and C-suite leadership recruitment.  Ms. Tepper began her legal career in big law as a corporate, M&A, and healthcare attorney at Proskauer (NY), Vinson & Elkins (Houston), and Hunton Andrews Kurth (Houston).

Ms. Tepper holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, an M.A. from the University of New South Wales, and a B.A. from Yale University.

Blake Janover is a Member of the Board of Directors and CCO of Defi Development Corporation (NASDAQ: DFDV), as well as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Janover (formerly Nasdaq: JNVR) and J2 Labs. He founded Janover—originally a B2B SaaS platform connecting the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors—and took it public via an S-1 IPO. He later led the company to become the first non-BTC DAT on the Nasdaq, generating a near 10,000% trough-to-peak return and securing its place as one of the top-performing public stocks in America in 2025.

In addition to his executive roles, Mr. Janover serves on the Board of Soulpower Acquisition Corp (NYSE: SOUL), where he Chairs the Governance Committee and sits on the Audit and Compensation Committees. The SPAC recently announced an $8 billion Business Combination Agreement (BCA). In 2025 alone, he acted as a principal in over $500 million of equity capital markets transactions while sitting on the advisory board for CEOs of multiple public and private companies.

Mr. Janover is a Harvard Business School alumnus (OPM 60) and an active board member of YPO. His civic and academic involvement includes serving as a NATSEC Fellow at the National War College Alumni Association, a Guest Lecturer and Mentor at Reichman University’s Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and a former Trustee at The Boca Raton Museum of Art. Having navigated multiple market cycles and led numerous NYSE/Nasdaq IPOs and M&A transactions, he has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, and various other industry media.