# Rob Coppedge

> Rob Coppedge is the CEO and a founder of Echo Health Ventures. A Georgetown history graduate and CFA charterholder, he began learning venture capital as an undergraduate intern, worked at Capitol Health Partners and Faultline Ventures, and built Cambia’s direct investment program before Echo’s 2016 launch. His public accounts emphasize operational involvement, shared governance and long-term commercial relationships.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Echo Health Ventures
- **Organizations:** Echo Health Ventures, Cambia Health Solutions, Capitol Health Partners, Faultline Ventures, Cambia Grove, Georgetown University, The Phillips Collection, American Leadership Forum of Oregon
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in history, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** Earned the Chartered Financial Analyst charter., Helped build Cambia’s investment program, which invested in nearly 20 companies under his leadership., Co-founded the Cambia Grove in 2015 and helped found Echo in 2016.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1996** — Participated in Georgetown’s Yard student reform movement.
- **1997** — Graduated from Georgetown; his contributor biography dates his Capitol career from 1997.
- **1997-2008** — Worked at Capitol, with responsibilities spanning portfolio operations, investments, strategic relationships and fundraising.
- **2001-2003** — Chaired the Phillips Collection Contemporaries Steering Committee.
- **By 2008** — Became founding partner of Faultline Ventures in Seattle.
- **2010** — Joined Cambia to establish a direct investment program.
- **2011** — Cambia’s new direct investment program made its first investment.
- **2015** — Co-founded the Cambia Grove innovation hub.
- **2016** — Became CEO at Echo Health Ventures’ founding in November.
- **2024** — Named to the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist for a fifth consecutive year.
- **2026** — Recognized among GCV’s CVC Titans and reflected on Echo’s tenth anniversary.

## Achievements

- Earned the Chartered Financial Analyst charter.
- Helped build Cambia’s investment program, which invested in nearly 20 companies under his leadership.
- Co-founded the Cambia Grove in 2015 and helped found Echo in 2016.
- Named to the GCV Powerlist in five consecutive years through 2024.
- Included in GCV’s 2026 CVC Titans recognition.
- His early contributor biography states that Georgetown twice recognized him as Outstanding Student in Community Service.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Echo published his tenth-anniversary reflections and reported his recognition among GCV’s CVC Titans.
- **2026-03** — Echo released its 2025 report, including Coppedge’s letter looking ahead to the firm’s second decade.
- **2025-03** — Echo announced his membership of the Duke-Margolis Capital Impact Council.

## Links

- Website: https://nextthingsfirst.wordpress.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coppedge
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/coppedge

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Last updated: 2026-10-09