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SJF Expert Network

SJF’s 12-year history and unique role within the venture capital community has allowed the organization to develop relationships with many well-respected thought leaders and successful company executives working within a variety of relevant areas.   SJF has formalized these important relationships and extended its capacity by way of the SJF Expert Network.

These experts are individuals who can serve as sounding boards for new investments, provide helpful market insights, and keep an eye out for new opportunities.  The SJF Expert Network is categorized into three areas that are  highly relevant to our investment approach:  Cleantech, Energy & Infrastructure, Internet & Tech-Enhanced Services and Impact Entrepreneurship & Investing.

Cleantech, Energy & Infrastructure

Eric Cody, President, Cody Energy Group; former Vice President of multiple National Grid companies

Peter Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates; author of 16 books on energy and environmental markets

Ron Gonen, Executive Officer and Director, RecycleRewards, Inc and Co-Founder of RecycleBank, Inc.

Dan Hoversten, Former CEO, Salvage Direct, an exited SJF portfolio company

Bruce Kahn, Ph. D, Director and Senior Investment Analyst, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors

Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman and Founder, The Cleantech Group

Bruce Usher, Former CEO of EcoSecurities Group, largest carbon offset firm in the world; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University

Jerry Yudelson, President, Yudelson Associates; former Chair of Greenbuild, the largest green building conference in the United States

Internet & Tech-Enhanced Services

Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer, Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners

Steve Markowitz, Founder and former CEO of MyPoints (NASDAQ: MYPT)

Jonathan Newcomb, Former CEO of Simon & Schuster; Managing Director, Coady Diemar 

Jeff Stewart, Chairman, Urgent Career; Founder and Chairman of Mimeo,

Sam Silverstein, Director, Yahoo!  Former managing editor of Yahoo Front Page and Yahoo Green

Mark Wilson, CEO, Ryla Teleservices, an exited SJF portfolio company

Impact Entrepreneurship & Investing

Martin Eakes, Co-Founder and CEO, Self-Help / Center for Responsible Lending

Jed Emerson, Executive VP, Impact Assets; Senior Fellow, Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg University; Senior Advisor, The Sterling Group (Hong Kong); co-author, Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making A Difference.

Melissa Bradley, CEO, Tides; Founder of New Capitalist

Catherine Clark, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business; Founder and Director of Columbia’s Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE) 

Corey Rosen, Co-Founder and Executive Director, National Center for Employee Ownership

Wayne Silby, Founder, Calvert, a $15 billion socially responsible investment management firm