Cynthia Fisher has served on Boston Beer's board since 2012 and is an entrepreneur, independent investor, and advisor who founded and chairs PatientRightsAdvocate.org. She founded the cord-blood banking company ViaCord in 1992 and co-founded its successor ViaCell, and serves on the board of Easterly Government Properties, Inc.; she is the spouse of founder C. James Koch, making her a non-independent director.