Jess Brooks

Treasurer

At-large Member

Jess is committed to building healthy, sustainable and inclusive economies. As Vice President for Investor Relations at Social Finance, she helps individuals and organizations put their money to work to create meaningful outcomes for people and communities.  Prior to joining Social Finance, she worked at Sunwealth, raising mission-aligned, below-market debt and tax credit investment to support community-based solar projects that created clean energy access, savings, green jobs and environmental benefits.  She also spent 17 with BlueHub Capital, a national CDFI, where she helped leverage over $5 billion in public and private investments in underserved communities nationwide. Jess has also worked at The New York Times Company; as a trader on Wall Street; and in a large social services nonprofit. An active civic leader, Jess serves on boards of First Teacher and The Carrot Project, and chairs Brown University's Advisory Council on Relations with Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Mississippi. Jess lives in Newton, MA with her partner, two sons and a small flock of chickens. She is a proud CSA member at Newton Community Farm (veggies), Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA (local grains), and Chestnut Farms (meat).