Ethan Finkelstein Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investment Director working as a private client investments specialist in the private practice.

▪ Selected into highly competitive Venture Fellows program working with an emerging manager fund of funds focused on managers from underrepresented backgrounds in Venture▪ Supports LP fundraising efforts through prospecting, direct outreach, and networking with LPs▪ Writes investment memos and conducts research on funds for potential investments with a focus on Climate Tech and impact industries. ▪ Helps build and implement systems/processes for tracking and managing pipeline of nearly 2,000 emerging managers

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

McDonough Scholar (Top 10% of Graduating Class)Beta Gamma Sigma Inductee (Top 20% of Graduating Class)Merit Scholarship (Jennifer and Matthew Meyer Endowment Fellow) Nominee for McGowan Fellowship (Top 5% of Class after 1st year)Impact Investing Fellow; Social Business Fellow; Venture Capital Investment Competition Organizer; VP of Alumni for VC Club; Jewish Business Alliance Co-President; Net Impact Club; Out@MSB;

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Published article in Institutional Investor with findings from large scale study on returns of impact VC funds. Conducted research analyzing financial returns for different impact investment industries and analyzing the performance of impact funds.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Consult with start-ups on business related challengesConsulted with ReRent, a real-estate start-up that makes it easy for renters to sublet their apartments. Helped develop a market launch playbook, scoped property managers for partnerships and conducted interviews, and provided a comprehensive review of the company's marketing strategy.

New York, United States

▪ Directed largest ever increase in new portfolio organizations (over 200%), primarily focused on economic empowerment programs, including managing a pipeline of over 100 nonprofits and identifying, vetting, and onboarding 17 new grant applicants totaling $3.5M in investments to align with new grants strategy.▪ Secured $2.4M in match funding for an economic empowerment and STEM education grant portfolio from Comcast Foundation by writing an MOU, hiring and training new staff, and building a new application process leading to $4.8M in funding for grantees and opening the door for additional funding from Comcast.▪ Developed a plan to overhaul grant making systems streamlining processes to reduce staff time by 50% and bring down cost of distributing grants from $10K/grant to $5K/grant increasing output from 20 grants/year to 50.▪ Spearheaded an initiative to increase annual investment in BIPOC nonprofits from 5%-20% of investments ($2.5M-$6.8M) and implemented guidelines for tracking DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) metrics for grantees.

New York, New York

▪ Developed key domestic and international grantmaking strategies for $30M/year foundation focused on child poverty alleviation including creating new funding initiatives such as the Youth Advisory Council's participatory grantmaking fund.▪ Fostered a learning and collaboration ecosystem for grantees by facilitating grantee partner events and annual convenings. ▪ Oversaw the grants management of a portfolio totaling over $30M/year, conducted programmatic and financial evaluations of new partners, and managed a team of four external grants Assessors.▪ Analyzed and compiled the portfolio’s impact data and creates regular reports and presentations to demonstrate impact on nearly 25 million children across 40 countries.▪ Played a leading role in the development of the organization’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning protocols including creating the outcomes, indicators, and outputs used to demonstrate impact.

Greater New York City Area

▪ Built and maintained financial model for investment portfolio producing financial reports on investments for 200+ grants, totaling over $300M, and tracking targets across 14+ key metrics such as diversity, restricted funding, etc.▪ Designed, implemented, and trained 6 person team on a new grants management and impact data collection system streamlining all processes and impact reporting, reducing labor time by 25% and produced savings of $50K/year.▪ Played a leading role in development of organization’s MEL (monitoring, evaluation, and learning) protocols and produced annual quantitative reports on impact of portfolio on 30 million children in 40 countries to boost donor engagement and giving.

Greater New York City Area

Siem Reap, Cambodia

• Created and executed communications strategy including writing and publishing the organization’s first ever annual report allowing us to apply for funding from additional donors ultimately securing funding from 3 institutional donors including a grant from US State Department for $20K.• Managed fundraising initiative of $100,000 for a Cambodian-led children’s education NGO from individuals and new institutional donors including grants from international donors (UK, Singapore, France, Australia).

Greater Boston Area

• Coordinated accelerator programs for startups in France and Boston.• Drafted speeches for the Consul General; compiled and managed monthly newsletter and wrote articles in French and English on French-American science and business news sent to mass mailing lists; • Assisted in the creation of a new website; completed expense reports and edited website content.

Bangladesh

• Conducted research concerning economic development and micro-finance with a Bangladeshi NGO.• Attended field visits; conducted interviews with beneficiaries and staff; observed firm practices.• Presented findings to senior staff of NGO with 1 million members.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Legislative work: wrote a House Resolution, obtained co-sponsors for bills, wrote speeches for the member, wrote memos and conducted research on a variety of political topics.• Constituent services: answered phones, responded to mail, and gave tours of the Capitol.• Organized Congressional briefings on the current immigration crisis.

Wingdale, New York

• Assisted with staff management and committee organization of 16 counselors. • Supervised 12-15 campers for the entire day.• Organized trips, daily logistics, and programs for a group of over 100 children.

• Researched and catalogued notes for the Director of the organization on the history of AFL-CIO foreign policy spanning 20 years.• Attended lectures and meetings on international labor rights relevant to the organization.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote descriptions for apartment listings. • Assisted in showing apartments.• Performed general office work.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: McDonough Scholar (Top 10% of Graduating Class) Beta Gamma Sigma (Top 20% of Graduating Class) Georgetown.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Exchange Student

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations (Economic Development)

Activities and Societies: TCU Senate, J Street U, Tufts Democrats

Columbia Programs Abroad In Paris At Reid Hall, French

Study abroad spring 2015 with Columbia University in Paris at Reid Hall

License 2, History Of Empires In The 20Th Century

Activities and Societies: Binouze Bikers, Stop&GoWhile attending Columbia University in Paris, course taken at SciencesPo in French

Designing & Running Randomized Evaluations

Financial Modeling

High School Diploma