A. Brooke Seawell — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Nvidia Corporation Board Tenure: 1997 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee (Chair emeritus); Compensation Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: A. Brooke Seawell holds a documented governance role at Nvidia Corporation. Nvidia Corporation is the dominant supplier of AI accelerator chips and graphics processing units and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Nvidia’s business is critically affected by U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips to China, the CHIPS Act manufacturing incentives, and the regulatory framework governing AI development — all areas of significant Trump administration policy activity. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
A. Brooke Seawell is a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), a growth equity firm that has invested in technology companies including Netflix, Facebook, and Spotify. He has decades of experience as a technology financial executive, including roles in finance and operations at companies such as NetManage and 3Com. Seawell has been a member of the Nvidia board since 1997 and served for many years as chair of the Audit Committee, providing financial oversight during the company’s rapid scaling from a graphics card manufacturer to the world’s leading AI infrastructure provider. He is one of Nvidia’s most tenured independent directors.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- Board tenure: 1997 – present
- Committee assignments: Audit Committee; Compensation Committee
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
Seawell has served on the boards of multiple technology and software companies through his role at TCV.
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Nvidia Corporation corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
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| Channel | Starting points |
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| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
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Sources
- Nvidia Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR
- Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) records (public)