Nevertheless, the firm was still active in this period. By 1996, Kleiner Perkins had handed out $880 million in funding to around 260 companies.[15] Beyond the original founders, notable members of the firm have included individuals such as[16] John Doerr,[17] Vinod Khosla,[18] and Bill Joy.[19] Colin Powell joined as a “strategic” partner in 2005,[20] while Al Gore joined as partner[9] in 2007[18][21] as part of a collaboration between Kleiner Perkins and Generation Investment Management.[22] Mary Meeker joined the firm in 2010,[16] and that year Kleiner Perkins expanded its practice to invest in growth stage companies.[23]