David Southern is a finance executive with over 40 years of experience supporting biopharmaceutical and technology companies. He has worked for both private venture-funded and public companies and is currently consulting for two early-stage companies founded by UC Berkeley scientists. He is the author of the book Business Apocalypse and the Evolution of Today’s Organizations and is currently working on a memoir about life in San Francisco during the turbulent 1970s and 80s. 

In years past, he served as Treasurer and Board Member for Community Educational Services, an organization providing services to immigrant youth in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Current interests include observing the rapidly evolving business environment and exploring how academic institutions can prepare students for success in a world that is characterized as increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. He hopes to apply his insights to helping Antioch create a model for the future of education. During the COVID pandemic, he walked all the streets of San Francisco.