Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey is a Chicago native with 15 years of experience in financial services. He has originated, underwritten, managed and closed over 250 transactions. Throughout his career, Jeff analyzed operational, financial and management risks associated with new and existing lending relationships as a commercial credit analyst and advised clients across diverse sectors including manufacturing, food services, business services, security management, environmental remediation, childcare, health care, and commercial real estate development/investment.
He serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Jesuit Academy and the Chairman’s Advisory Council of Big Shoulders Fund. In 2019, Jeffrey was appointed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to the board of the Illinois Finance Authority. He is a member of the Chicago Club, as well as the Economic Club of Chicago, in which he is a Chair of the Membership Committee.
Jeffrey graduated from St. Ignatius College Prep, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business at Georgetown University, and earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He recently completed his Masters in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School.