Max Blankfeld is a Houston based entrepreneur and energy security advocate. He's a member of the Set America Free Coalition (http://www.setamericafree.org/). Originally from Brazil, he received his BBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas, and his MBA from Rice University. He managed several ventures in the area of public relations as well as consumer goods, both in Brazil and the US, and is currently Managing Partner and VP of FamilyTreeDNA.com (http://www.familytreedna.com/) and Managing Partner of DNATraits.com (http://www.dnatraits.com/).