Jason Scott
Entrepreneur in Residence and Partner, Spring Lane Capital; Co-Chair, CREO Syndicate
Jason is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Partner at Spring Lane Capital, a private equity firm investing in sustainable and renewable infrastructure, and is a senior advisor to Renewable Resource Group, an asset manager focused on sustainable agriculture, water resources, renewables, and other natural resources. He is also co-chair of the CREO Syndicate, a non-profit that supports family offices to catalyze investments at scale into climate and sustainability solutions. Jason previously co-founded and is on the board of Encourage Capital. Prior to Encourage, Jason was a founding director and investment analyst at Generation Investment Management, co-founded by David Blood and former Vice President Al Gore, Jr. Jason helped build the firm and its products, investing in global equities and climate-change solutions, respectively. He previously worked with Acumen Fund, Flatiron Future Fund/Foundation, and New Philanthropy Capital. Jason is a board member of Clean Energy for America and was a founder of Public Allies. He earned a BA from Duke University, cum laude, and an MBA, with honors, jointly from Columbia Business School and London Business School. Jason is an Executive in Residence in the Economics Department of Duke, where he teaches a course, "Investing in Climate Solutions."
