Tripp Jones

Principal Company Name21c, LLC Dates EmployedOct 2014 – Present Employment Duration4 yrs 1 mo 21c provides strategy and advisory services to businesses (for-profit and nonprofit) and investors looking to scale especially promising social enterprises that can substantially impact the sectors in which they operate. The company focuses on: *Developing sustainable, market-based business models: *Understanding, navigating and even changing political, public policy and advocacy environments; and *Attracting necessary growth capital to build organizations and capitalize on market opportunities. New Profit Inc. Co-Managing Director Company NameNew Profit Inc. Dates EmployedNov 2011 – Sep 2014 Employment Duration2 yrs 11 mos LocationGreater Boston Area Co-led the organization and responsible for guiding New Profit’s plans for future growth and impact. Scope of work included overseeing NPI's policy platform, internal and external strategy work, fundraising and advising portfolio organizations. Special projects included: *Overseeing the organization's first investment in a for-profit business (Acelero Le... See more The MENTOR Network EVP/Chief Administrative Officer Company NameThe MENTOR Network Dates EmployedFeb 2003 – Dec 2010 Employment Duration7 yrs 11 mos LocationGreater Boston Area Played a lead role in designing organic and acquisition growth strategies that took the company from revenue of $250 million to $1.1 billion; directed shift in corporate functions from administrative to strategic operations, enabling the MENTOR Network to successfully manage explosive growth, extensive service-line expansion, and complex integrat... See more MassINC Co-founder, Executive Director; Publisher of CommonWealth Magazine Company NameMassINC Dates Employed1995 – 2003 Employment Duration8 yrs LocationGreater Boston Area Conceived and built MassINC into a widely-recognized multi-million dollar “think tank” that operates on a nonpartisan platform of research, journalism, and civic education/advocacy to shape public policy supporting a thriving middle class; created and marketed MassINC’s public brand.... See more Roosevelt for Governor Campaign Campaign Manager Company NameRoosevelt for Governor Campaign Dates Employed1993 – 1994 Employment Duration1 yr LocationGreater Boston Area Ran campaign of Democratic nominee Mark Roosevelt, chair of the House Education Committee, against incumbent Governor William Weld. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Staff Director, Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Education, the Arts & Humanities Company NameCommonwealth of Massachusetts Dates Employed1991 – 1993 Employment Duration2 yrs LocationGreater Boston Area Successfully managed two-year initiative to pass the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993, considered a national model; led cross-sector collaboration to support implementation of new public school model and to pass higher education legislation. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Special Assistant to the Secretary, Executive Office for Administration and Finance Company NameCommonwealth of Massachusetts Dates Employed1989 – 1990 Employment Duration1 yr LocationGreater Boston Area Played a significant role in working on the state’s then-fiscal/budget crisis and served as the secretariat’s chief spokesman through the latter part of the second Dukakis gubernatorial administration.