Board of Directors

Charley is the Founder and CEO of Rocket Lawyer. His experience as a lawyer working with consumer services, start up businesses, and small law firms taught him that something was missing—an easy and affordable way for everyone to understand and manage their legal needs. That's why he started Rocket Lawyer.

Prior to founding Rocket Lawyer, Charley advised early stage companies, large enterprises, and their investors on strategic partnering and corporate development strategy. Rocket Lawyer corporate partners include LexisNexis, Google, TransUnion, Avanquest Software, and many other leading companies.

Charley has been at the forefront of Internet corporate development since beginning his career as an attorney at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, California in 1996. While practicing at Venture Law Group, he participated in the early-stage representation of Yahoo! (IPO), WebTV Networks (acquired by Microsoft), and Cerent Corporation (acquired by Cisco Systems), and was the founder of Onstation Corporation (acquired by The Cobalt Group).

Charley holds a JD from the University of California at Berkeley, an MS from San Francisco State University, and a BS from the United States Naval Academy. He served as a U.S. Naval officer and is a Gulf War veteran. He currently serves on the board of directors of Pro Bono Net and the executive board of Tech for America.

David Drummond joined Google in 2002, initially as Vice President of Corporate Development. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and led Google's global teams for legal, government relations, corporate development (M&A and investment projects), and new business development (strategic partnerships and licensing opportunities). David retired from Google in 2020.

David was first introduced to Google in 1998 as a partner in the corporate transactions group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, one of the nation's leading law firms representing technology businesses. He served as Google's first outside counsel and worked with Larry Page and Sergey Brin to incorporate the company and secure its initial rounds of financing. During his tenure at Wilson Sonsini, David worked with a wide variety of technology companies to help them manage complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings.

David earned his Bachelor's degree in history from Santa Clara University and his JD from Stanford Law School.

David Flannery joined Vista Credit Partners ("VCP") in New York in 2018 as its President and serves as a member of Vista's Executive Committee, the firm's governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction. Mr. Flannery reports to Vista's Founder, Robert F. Smith, and is responsible for setting strategy for VCP, in addition to overseeing all credit transactions.

Before joining Vista, Mr. Flannery was a partner with Blackstone's GSO Capital. He was Co-Head and Joint Portfolio Manager of the Capital Solutions Funds and a member of the Distressed Credit Investment Committee. Prior to joining GSO, Mr. Flannery was a Portfolio Manager with Anchorage Capital in New York. He focused on illiquid credit investing and was a member of the CLO Investment Committee and Risk Committee. Prior to Anchorage, Mr. Flannery worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch ("BAML") where he held several global group head roles, including Chief Risk Officer of Global Banking & Markets and Global Head of Leveraged Finance & Capital Markets. Before joining BAML, Mr. Flannery was the Global Head of Leveraged Finance at Deutsche Bank. He began his career at Bankers Trust Company in 1992 in the high yield bond department.

Mr. Flannery is a board member of Meltwater and Rocket Lawyer and a formal board observer of Callisto Media, both portfolio companies of VCP. He serves on the board of Intrensic, a SaaS software company. He also serves on the Board of DREAM, a nonprofit serving youths in New York City.

Mr. Flannery holds a BS in Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance from Villanova University.

Brendan Renehan joined Vista Credit Partners in 2018 and is a Director. Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Renehan worked at Ares Management in the Direct Lending division for four years, most recently as a Senior Associate. While at Ares, Mr. Renehan underwrote and maintained credit facilities for corporate and sponsor-backed companies across a wide array of industries, including software, healthcare, and business services, among others. In addition to his credit responsibilities, Mr. Renehan also assisted in strategic endeavors of the firm, including portfolio acquisitions and fundraising activities. Before his time with Ares Management, Mr. Renehan was an Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Leveraged Finance division, where he assisted in underwriting and syndicating public and private debt facilities with transactions including corporate mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations and refinancings.

Mr. Renehan is a board member of Rocket Lawyer. He holds a BA in Political Economy from Georgetown University.

Issac Vaughn is the Chief Operating Officer of Zenefits. He has more than 20 years of experience representing and working with high-growth technology companies.

Before Zenefits, Issac was a senior executive at Ooyala, last serving as CEO. As a former partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practiced for 14 years, Issac co-led a group that worked with both public and private technology companies. He was a founding partner of Bennu Venture Group, a stage-agnostic venture capital firm, and Managing Director of SC Investments Consulting, a boutique angel investment and consulting company. He currently serves on several non-profit and for-profit boards.

Issac holds a JD from the University of Michigan and a BS in Economics from Santa Clara University.

With two decades of experience as an innovator and business leader in the legal industry, Mark specializes in building and launching delightful products and services, and growing legal businesses to make the law accessible to all. Mark is the Chief Product Officer for Rocket Lawyer, responsible for global products and markets, business development and revenue.

Prior to joining Rocket Lawyer in 2012, Mark led the legal business development team for LexisNexis UK, and was responsible for new product innovation and go to market. Previously, Mark was a user experience consultant, working in various industries including telecommunications and health.

Mark has a Computing Degree, Post-Graduate Degree in Business Administration, a Masters Degree in User Experience, and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence.