Jul 7, 2020
Jennifer Simpson is the founding executive
director of the Aspen Institute's Finance Leaders Fellowship
focused on improving public trust in the global finance industry.
An entrepreneurial leader, Jennifer has made private equity and
debt investments in industrial companies throughThe Gladstone
Companies, where she served on a number of industrial company
boards; served as the first CEO for Gladstone Securities; worked in
leveraged lending and was chief credit officer for National City
Bank's $4.7 billion small business loan portfolio; invested with PE
firm Morgenthaler Partners; and served as EVP of Finance and
Operations at the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation.
Jennifer began her career as a Lieutenant and
platoon leader in the U.S. Army’s Medical Service Corps after
studying economics at The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania, financing it with a four-year Army ROTC scholarship.
Her MBA is from Case Western Reserve University. Jennifer serves on
the advisory board for Industrial Exchange, was on the executive
board of a nonprofit supporting STEM education, and was co-Founder
of the Washington, DC chapter of WAVE (Women in Venture Equity).
She has also helped raise her 2 children, now out of the house and
on a great path to being good citizens.