When considering how he wanted to be remembered, Josh turned to impact investing before it had a name, combining his experience as a venture capitalist, technology company executive, and family office CIO with his values. Thus, the idea for City Light was born: partnering with experienced entrepreneurs using technology to generate significant financial returns while having a measurable social impact. Prior to founding City Light, Josh led direct investments for a Greenwich CT-based family office, worked in venture capital for a family office based in St. Louis, was a Partner in a private debt fund, and was the Director of Business Development for Mobility Electronics (NASDAQ: IGOI). He began his career as an investment banker in the technology group of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown in San Francisco.

That journey began at Capital One (NYSE: COF), where he spent over a decade leading data science and analytics teams across the organization. In his last role, Jeff was VP of Marketing Strategy for US Card where he oversaw a high nine-figure marketing budget across all online and offline marketing channels. Ultimately the need to have a greater impact on the world around him was the driving force for Jeff leaving Capital One to join an EdTech startup on a mission to change higher education. Jeff joined 2U (Nasdaq: TWOU) as their CMO in early 2011, overseeing all aspects of marketing for their University partners. Jeff was part of the core leadership team that grew 2U from a venture-backed startup, through a successful public offering on the NASDAQ.

Now at City Light, Tom leverages his extensive operating experience to help entrepreneurial teams tackling some of our toughest social and environmental challenges. Tom sits on the Board of Directors for Shotspotter-SST (NASDAQ:SSTI), Omnidian, VGrid, and Senet, and is a Board Observer to Xage and Sunfolding.