Spencer Koehl currently serves as Chief of Staff at Knaq and is a Venture Fellow at Lakehouse Ventures. Previously, Spencer held the position of Senior Startup Coach at The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame, where responsibilities included co-managing the student entrepreneurship program, leading efforts to increase funding for Notre Dame student startups from $800k in 2020 to over $13m in 2023, and managing a team of 14 coaches. Spencer also has experience as a Startup Coach at Loeb.nyc and as a Venture Intern at Bloomberg LP and other organizations. Spencer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and attended Tokyo Gakkan Urayasu High School.