Aaron Jacobs is the senior associate for external relations at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as Senior Associate for External Relations.  In this role, Aaron supports foundation staff and co-investors involved with the Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot.   Prior to joining the Foundation, he spent eight years with Social Venture Partners Seattle, where he led both the nonprofit capacity building and philanthropy development programs.  Aaron also has previous experience in operations, fundraising and marketing for Planned Parenthood and HIV/AIDS service organizations.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Pomona College, and studied at the Cascade Center for Public Service at University of Washington and the Executive Program for Philanthropy Leaders at Stanford.