Jessica Drislane

Jessica Drislane has a wealth of experience in the business and finance industries. Jessica began their career in 2001 as a Principal at Capital Resource Partners, where they identified growth industries to target for investment and managed all aspects of due diligence. In 2004, they co-founded Hub Capital Management L.P., a private equity fund of funds, and conducted due diligence on 100+ PE Fund managers. In 2005, they became a Director of Hedge Fund Strategies at BNY Mellon and managed $1.8bn in hedge fund assets across 10 fund of funds. From 2010 to 2012, they were a Principal at BISON Alternatives, a web-based investment exchange platform, where they articulated the company's value proposition to CIOs within the investment community and cultivated relationships to acquire PE and hedge fund managers as customers. From 2012 to 2015, they were a Business Development & Strategy Consultant at Invaluable, where they strategically analyzed revenue opportunities at the intersection of art & e-commerce and built financial models to quantify business opportunities. From 2013 to 2017, they were a Post Baccalaureate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Tufts University). In 2017, they became the Director of Strategy, Open Scholar Project at Harvard University, and in the same year, they were appointed Chief Executive Officer at OpenScholar, a connected network of the brightest minds in science and research.

Jessica Drislane attended Colby College from 1990 to 1994, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and French. Jessica then attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management from 1999 to 2001, where they earned an MBA in Finance and Accounting. In 2013 and 2014, they attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Tufts University) and earned a Post Baccalaureate in Drawing and Sculpture.