Jake Cusack is co-managing partner of CrossBoundary, an innovative investment advisory firm that seeks to unlock private capital to drive sustainable growth in frontier markets. They have over 70 investment professionals and offices in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Lagos, Bamako, Accra, Dubai, London, DC, and NYC. In 2015 the firm launched CrossBoundary Energy, an affiliated investment vehicle for distributed solar energy generation. Prior to CrossBoundary, Jake served as a Marine Corps officer in Iraq, winning the Bronze Star for actions in Iraq, and worked for an emerging market private equity firm. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Financial Times. Jake has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.