Howard Deshong III is the managing partner of Galileo Partners, an investment advisory firm based in Los Angeles. He serves on the boards of several non-profits, including The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg School for Communication Trust at the University of Southern California, and Harvey Mudd College. He is also on the boards of two private technology companies: Classy.org, headquartered in San Diego, California, and Marine Learning Systems, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Howard earned a BS in physics at Harvey Mudd College, and a MALD and PhD (on counter-terrorism policy) at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He worked on defense-related issues at the RAND Corporation for six years followed by three years at a nonpartisan Congressional agency. Howard then entered the private sector, joining Oppenheimer Investment Advisers in 2001. He left that firm to help start Bristlecone Value Partners in 2004, and founded Galileo Partners in 2007. He adores his wife, Jeannette, their two children, and the family’s well-fed dog.