Jake Edwards

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.