Mr. Stephen Culp serves as Partner at Chattanooga Renaissance Fund. He serves as Chief Executive Officer, Board Member and Co-Founder at PriceWaiter. He served as the Board Member at RootsRated. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Principal and Chairman at Smart Furniture. A former U.S. Navy Reserve Officer, Peace Corps Volunteer, Division I athlete, attorney, and patented product designer, Stephen has served as advisor or director for The Company Lab, River City Company, InnovateHere, The Gig City initiative, The Jump Fund, the Trust for Public Land, CreateHere, and Causeway, among others. Stephen studied at UNC-Chapel Hill, Stanford Law School, the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, the Université de Paris VII, and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques. He is a trustee of the Lyndhurst Foundation, a 2010 Marshall Fellow, and is working with researchers to help develop novel treatments for cystic fibrosis.