About David Kirkpatrick

David Kirkpatrick is Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures. SJF focuses on high growth ventures with cleantech and workforce innovations and was founded in 1999. David was named the national 2005 CDVC Practitioner of the Year by the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance and Recycler of the Year in 1996, the National Recycling Coalition’s award for leadership in the recycling industry. David earned a BA in Physics and History from Duke University in 1982 and an MBA from UNC Business School in 1991. He serves on the Boards of groSolar, B.B. Hobbs, Ed Map, the NC Sustainable Energy Association, the CDFI Coalition, and the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership.

David Kirkpatrick supports the following educational non-profits:

• New Schools Fund