Announcing David Last & Katharine Weymouth as DCVLP’s Newest Board Members

We are delighted to welcome David Last and Katharine Weymouth to DCVLP’s Board of Directors.

David Last is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in the White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations practice group. David’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations, including defending companies and individuals in a wide range of high-stakes domestic and international enforcement actions with a particular focus on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters.

Prior to joining Cleary, David served as a federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice for 17 years, most recently as the Chief of the FCPA Unit at the DOJ, where he led a specialized group of prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted violations of the FCPA and other corruption-related offenses.

For over a decade, David also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., where he investigated and prosecuted a wide variety of white-collar criminal cases and violent crimes, including those involving domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual offenses. David also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Joan Zeldon of the D.C. Superior Court.

David received his B.A. from Brandeis University and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Ms. Weymouth is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Togetherly Parents, a community for parents with struggling teens and young adults. Ms. Weymouth also serves on several public boards, bringing her expertise as a former CEO and leader responsible for transforming a business in the midst of large-scale disruption into a truly digital platform.

In addition to her start-up experience, Ms. Weymouth brings extensive executive leadership and strategy experience gained through numerous leadership positions over seventeen years at The Washington Post, including seven years as Publisher and Chief Executive Officer and 4 years as VP of Sales responsible for almost a half a billion dollars in revenue annually.

Ms. Weymouth also offers the Board valuable legal knowledge and experience from her time as an attorney and as Assistant General Counsel at The Washington Post. She has a JD from Stanford Law School and a BA from Harvard. She currently sits on the boards of Republic Services, Cable One, Graham Holdings, Xometry, and the Sequoia Mutual Fund. She also sits on the board of non-profit Meadow Reproductive Health and the Philip Graham Fund. She is on the Advisory Board for The Cipher Brief.