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Jay Jacobs

Elected  June 2010
NOLS Courses: 1988 Fall Semester in the Rockies, 1992 Mountain Instructors Course, 1993 Alaska Wilderness

From 1995 until 2010, Jay worked for Summer Search, a national youth leadership program serving 1,200 high school students and 3,000 alumni in seven cities throughout the United States. Jay was originally the founder and executive director of Summer Search Boston. In 2002, Jay moved west to San Francisco to serve as CEO, directing national operations where he oversaw the launching of new Summer Search programs in New York, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Philadelphia.  After Summer Search, Jay joined Basic American Foods, a family business where he currently serves as Director, Corporate Projects.

Jay holds a bachelor degree in political science from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School.  In addition to NOLS, Jay serves on the boards of the Foundation for Teaching Economics and Marin Country Day School. Jay lives in Mill Valley with his wife, Liz, and sons, Oliver and Thayer. Liz is also a NOLS alumna and they hope to be NOLS parents in the near future.

Board of Trustees Profiles in Alphabetical Order …
Joseph P. Allen
Joan K. Chitiea
Douglas E. Dalquist
Duncan Dayton
Jane F. Fried
AJ Grant
Jay Jacobs
Don Kendall
Jonathan Kleisner
Homer L. Luther
Diana McCargo
Tori Murden McClure
Robert W. Nimmo
Kurt Petersen
Marc Randolph
Michelle Sarti
Edward M. Schmults
Gene R. Tremblay
Kate Gunness Williams
Amy E. Wyss
Kei Yamamoto

 
Wind River Wilderness courses learn fly-fishing skills in high alpine lakes and streams famous for their abundance of trout.
Photo: Kevin Bergstrom
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