Jeff is the Co-Founder of Summit, a cutting-edge organization best known for entrepreneurial community development & hosting global ideas festivals and events. He is the co-owner, principal designer, and co-developer of Summit Powder Mountain and Powder Mountain ski resort in Eden, Utah.

Jeff currently serves on the Leadership Council at Conservation International, and on the boards of the Summit Impact Foundation, Beyond Conflict and Street Soccer USA.

He is a Founding Partner of Emergent Strategic Partners, a business, family office and investment advisory firm. 

Jeff is a Founding Partner of the Drawdown Fund, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jeff also serves as a Senior Advisor to many for profit, and non-profit organizations, including Inspire Clean Energy, Calm, Scopely, Seed Biosciences, Goodleap, One Community Films, Arabella Advisors, a leading philanthropy and impact investing consultancy, and Laurel Strategies, a global business advisory and strategy firm. Jeff serves on the Leadership Circle of the Conservation Lands Foundation, and the Advisory Boards of Whistleblower Aid and the Save the Waves Foundation.

Jeff was a founding board member of the Summit Institute, the Summit Fellowship, former Senior Advisor to TPG Rise and TPG Growth, and a founding board member of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition. 

He is the recipient of the Tribeca Disruptive Innovator Award, and is the co-author of Make No Small Plans, coming out 2022 from the Crown Publishing Group.