Stuart L. Bell

Stuart has over 40 years of tax and public accounting experience, including time with American Express Financial Services and Price Waterhouse. He has worked with Pittsburgh Gateways since 2004 handling financial transactions involving new market tax credits and historical tax credit investments during the various financing phases of the Energy Innovation Center project. He has significant experience in the venture and start-up arena, especially with early-stage funding. He was a co-founder of Idea Foundry, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit economic development company that provides funding to early-stage companies.

Stuart holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, an BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is licensed as a CPA in both Pennsylvania and California.