Jennifer Kercher is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Section 32.

Prior to joining Section 32, she was the founding general counsel of GV (Google Ventures), overseeing the fund’s legal, regulatory, and operational matters. Jennifer was previously a legal director at Google, where she advised on its mergers and acquisitions and strategic investment activity. Jennifer also supported the company’s global corporate tax structuring.

Before joining the Google team, Jennifer was a corporate and securities associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where she assisted a variety of private and public companies on general corporate and transactional matters, including venture capital financings, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Jennifer was also a founding legal advisor for Calico, a multibillion-dollar lifeextension company dedicated to the study of aging and age-related diseases.

Jennifer holds a JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.