Jess is an impact investing leader with over 15 years experience helping individuals and organizations align their investments with their values. Prior to joining Sunwealth, she was a Senior Vice President at Boston Community Capital, where she helped grow assets under management from $60 million to over $1 billion, leveraging over $5 billion in public and private investment in underserved communities nationwide. Jess previously served as Director of Communities and Affiliates at The New York Times Company, as an account manager at Abuzz, a technology start-up, and as a securities trader on Wall Street. An active civic leader, Jess serves on boards of Generation Citizen Massachusetts and First Teacher, and chairs Brown University's Advisory Council on Relations with Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Mississippi. Jess holds a BA from Brown University.