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Lynn-Ann Gries
Chief Investment Officer
Lynn-Ann manages JumpStart’s process of investing in companies, from intake to due diligence to document review to post-investment governance and monitoring.
Lynn-Ann joined the team at JumpStart Inc. after working as the Fund Manager for JumpStart LLC, a venture capital fund dedicated to making investments in startup companies in Northeast Ohio. Prior to joining JumpStart in August 2001, Lynn-Ann worked in the investment banking division of McDonald Investments where she had extensive experience with public equity issuance and worked on stock offerings for many McDonald clients. Before McDonald, Lynn-Ann worked for Morgan Stanley in institutional equity sales, and prior to that, for Smith Barney in project finance.
She serves on the board of the Great Lakes Science Center and Fund of the Future of Shaker Heights, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making home loans. She is also a partner in Cleveland Social Venture Partners, a venture philanthropy organization.
Lynn-Ann received her MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1990 and graduated from Smith College in 1984 with a BA in Economics.
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