Gary Jacobs '79

Gary Jacobs is the founder of Jacobs Investment Company. He is the chairman of Next Generation Technologies, and is a director of GEO2 Technologies, Bio2 Technologies, Motus GI Technologies, M.S.T – Medical Surgical Technologies, and DermTech International. He serves on the boards of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Community Centers Association, and The Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs International Teen Leadership Institute (JITLI).

Gary was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 2012, and currently serves on the Foundation’s Trustee Recruitment and Engagement Committee. He currently serves on the Triton Initiative Leadership Group and the Triton Athletics Board. He and his wife, Jerri-Ann, created the Gary and Jerri-Ann Graduate Fellowship in Social Sciences Endowment and the Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs Chair in Social Sciences.