Kathryn "Katie" Haun is a Member of the Board of Directors of Coinbase, General partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford University. ^{[1] [4] [2]}

Haun spent her early years abroad thanks to her parents’ jobs at a Fortune 500 Company, and her teenage years in Cairo, Egypt. She moved back to the States to attend University.^[7]

Katie Haun graduated summa cum laude from Boston University around 1997 with a Bachelor's degree and honors from Graduate of Stanford Law School.^[2]

Haun began her career as a law clerk. She eventually worked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. She spent a decade as a Federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice where she focused on fraud, cyber, and corporate crime alongside agencies including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Department of the Treasury. Haun prosecuted Nuestra Familia, one of the biggest prison gangs, as well as the Hells Angels, and the Mongols mótorcycle gang.^[7]

Haun created the government’s first cryptocurrency task force and led investigations into the Mt. Gox hack and corrupt agents on the Silk Road task force.^[2][7] In 2015, she decided to form a task force to be a resource for other prosecutors and agents known as "digital currency coordinator." Haun began hosting regular meetings and training seminars with Treasury, IRS and other government agencies, and other government officials working in the space.

She is on the board of Coinbase, where she chairs its audit and risk committees, and HackerOne. She also advises numerous technology companies and has invested in a range of companies from seed to Series C stage.^[2]

Haun teaches a class on cryptocurrencies at Stanford Business School and previously taught cybercrime at Stanford Law School.^[2]

She joined Andreessen Horowitz as the first female partner in June 2018. She later became the co-head of their $350 million cryptocurrency fund. Haun was also involve in Facebook's Libra launch. ^[2][7]