Jeff Kutash

Managing Director
jeff.kutash@fsg-impact.org

With an extensive background in strategy development for social sector organizations, Jeff oversees FSG’s Education & Youth Practice. He has led engagements with private foundations, community foundations, nonprofit organizations, universities, and corporate clients on issues of strategy, evaluation, business planning, advocacy, and implementation. Recent engagements include managing projects with the NewSchools Venture Fund to document best practices of charter school and CMO ventures, with the New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association to develop a strategic plan, and with the New York City Leadership Academy focused on business planning.

Prior to joining FSG, Jeff was the Director of California Operations for The SEED Foundation. Before that he spent three years as a public and private sector strategy consultant, first with McKinsey & Company, and then with The Bridgespan Group. Jeff's direct experience in education includes three years creating and leading nonprofit educational support and college prep programs as the Director of Programs at the Harlem Educational Activities Fund in New York City. Jeff also spent three years teaching math at a New York City public school as a Teach For America corps member. He currently chairs the Board of Prosper Public Schools, a nonprofit focused on opening public college-prep boarding schools for foster youth and other vulnerable youth.

Jeff holds an M.B.A in General Management from Harvard Business School and a B.A in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.