![Jake Edwards, a man with short dark hair, glasses, and a beard, is smiling against a pink background. He is wearing a white shirt with a small checked pattern.](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Jake-Edwards-1-368x500.jpg")
(He, him, his)
Vice President, Impact Investments
2014
Workforce & Economic Mobility
Jake Edwards is a Vice President of Impact Investments at Social Finance, where he leads a portfolio of economic mobility initiatives that use innovative financing models to increase access to effective programs, shift risk away from learners, and pair high-quality training with critical wrap-around supports. His work includes oversight of the Google Career Certificate Fund and several Pay It Forward Funds.
Since joining the organization in February 2014, he has worked with the advisory services and impact investment teams to test and implement projects across multiple jurisdictions and issue areas, from child welfare to housing and homelessness.
Prior to joining Social Finance, Jake was a policy analyst with the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jake graduated Cum Laude from Middlebury College, with a dual major in Economics and History.
![merit america participants on stage](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/merit-america-1000x692.jpeg")
At SOCAP22, Social Finance Vice President Jake Edwards sat down with Justin Steele, Director, Google.org, Americas and Leila Makarechi, Chief Business Officer, Merit America to discuss learnings from such employer-led investments. The session kicked off with…
![US infrastructure highway overpass closeup](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AdobeStock_136253064-scaled-1-1000x750.jpeg")
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides an unprecedented level of funding for critical infrastructure investments across the country—but how can we ensure that there is a diverse and talented labor pool prepared to support…
![Jake Edwards speaking at ASU+ GSV summit](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Jake-Edwards-WorkingNation-1000x616.jpeg")
Social Finance Vice President Jake Edwards spoke with WorkingNation about our new $100 million investment program supported by the Google Career Certificates Fund.
