Jake supports the finance and operations for the organization, working to assist with financial reporting, accounting, grants and contracts management, and budgeting.
He brings over ten years of professional experience in finance and administration, including significant work in municipal government and public water utilities. Such prior roles include positions as Director of Administration of the Blue Ridge Resource Authority in Rockbridge County, Virginia and Director of Finance of the City of Lexington, Virginia. Jake’s experience involves regionalization efforts for a new public service authority, bond issuance and finance agreement transactions to support municipal water, wastewater, and solid waste infrastructure, capital improvement planning and financial modeling for municipal utilities, conduit financing and refunding issues for qualified private activity bonds, economic development loans and grants for small businesses, and municipal budgeting and audits. He has also worked extensively in the non-profit sector in both financial management and water utility technical assistance roles. Jake additionally has experience with federal contracting, grant management and reporting, and federal audit compliance.
He received his B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech, Graduate Certificate in Procurement and Contracts Management from the University of Virginia, and Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree from the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
