Jeffrey Davis

Jeffrey P Davis lectures in the Questrom School on the subject of Entrepreneurial Finance. Jeff has served as Chief Investment Officer for a number of institutions over his 36 year career in investment management including leadership roles at State Street Global Advisors, Rockefeller & Co (now Rockefeller Capital Group) and LMCG Investment Management. He served as Trustee and head of the Trustee Endowment Committee for Berklee College of Music for a decade and has played an active role with the college for over 20 years. He is currently helping launch a green urban regeneration effort, “London Re:Wild”, in association with the Eden Project in the UK.

He recently completed a fellowship with the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2021 where he is an editor and contributor to the Harvard Social Impact Review. He is a graduate of Duke University and received his MBA from The Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He was an active member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute since receiving his charter in 1987, and attended Boston University’s CFA review program that same year.

Jeff has also served as Trustee for The International House in New York City, and is currently a Board Member of Nurtury Early Education in Boston. Jeff currently serves as Head of Resources Committee at Second Church in Newton, Massachusetts.

Education

• Harvard University - Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Climate and Biodiversity Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
• Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management - MBA, Finance 1980 - 1982
• Duke University - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy and Economics 1977 - 1980