Management team
Ethan Bordman
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
An experienced entertainment attorney, Ethan has represented Emmy® award winning producers and directors, Tony® award & Drama Desk® nominated actors, screenwriters, artists, and authors. Before starting his own practice, he was the Assistant Executive Director of the Detroit Office of AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), now SAG-AFTRA. At AFTRA, Ethan worked on projects with networks including ABC, CBS, FOX, TNT, CTV (Canadian Television), and Lifetime Networks.
Ethan’s perspective on entertainment law and finance has been sought by a variety of publications, including The Hollywood Reporter, The New York State Bar Journal, Entertainment Law & Finance, Reuters News, The Federal Lawyer, The Washington Lawyer, and The American Bar Association Journal. He has volunteered his time to such organizations as Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, ArtServe, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Writers Guild of America and New York Women in Film and Television. He was selected as a judge for The Phil Cowan/Broadcast Music Scholarship, awarded to law students for outstanding research in entertainment and arts law.
Aside from holding a law degree (J.D.) and MBA, Ethan earned a Masters in Entertainment Law (LL.M.) with honors from The University of Westminster in London, England, and a Masters in International Sports Law (LL.M.) from Anglia University in Cambridge, England. He is an active member of the New York State Bar Entertainment Arts and Sports law section, currently serving as Vice Chairperson of the section and co-chair of the Motion Pictures committee.
Kate Parmer
Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer
Kate has built her career analyzing financial risk, having spent the majority of her professional life working for a premier global asset manager and a major rating agency. She has held various positions at S&P Global Ratings, including Director and Lead Analyst of their US Public Finance division, and Director of Business Transformation. She has published hundreds of articles analyzing the credit risk of various debt and entities, and has written criteria for risk analysis that is still used by S&P Global. Prior to her work in credit ratings, Kate analyzed international portfolios for State Street Global Advisors.
Kate is active in the nonprofit community and volunteers her time engaging in pro bono business consulting with various local nonprofits. She is currently a board member of both the San Diego Social Venture Partners, a nonprofit organization devoted to helping other nonprofits build their capacity, and the League of Women Voters of San Diego, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to impartial voter education. She also sits on the finance committee for the Center for Sustainable Energy.
Kate received her MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, with a focus in Finance.
Jonathan Parmer, M.D.
Fund Advisor
Jonathan Parmer is the founder of Swan Ventures and the Managing Partner of its first two Venture fund-of-funds. He has a background as both a venture entrepreneur and a physician.
Jon is a graduate of Princeton University. After obtaining his M.D. degree at New York University School of Medicine, he interned at Los Angeles County Hospital and did his residency training at Stanford University. After his residency, he opened a private practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Palo Alto, California.
Throughout his career as a physician, Jon was deeply involved in the corporate healthcare industry. He consulted for multiple healthcare companies, including Alza, Syntex, Matrix Pharmaceutical, Novasys Medical Technologies, iScribe, and Cord Blood Registry. He has served on the Strategic Planning Committee of Stanford University Hospital, as Deputy Chief of Stanford’s Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Additionally, Jon has been a consultant for numerous healthcare venture capitalists. In 2000, he founded Swan Ventures, a boutique venture firm. Swan Ventures’ first fund was formed primarily to give Silicon Valley physicians an opportunity to invest in a diverse portfolio of top-tier venture capital funds. Swan Ventures’ second fund, while maintaining a boutique size, was broader based, geared not only to physician investors but also to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors.
In 2005, Jon founded Viveve Corporation (FKA TivaMed), a women’s health medical-device company (NASDAQ – VIVE), and was its initial CEO.
Jon is retired from his medical practice and is no longer affiliated with Viveve. He continues to work as a consultant and manage the two Swan Venture fund-of-funds.
