Jack Woodruff

Jack is an Oakland native with deep career experience in education and real estate. After completing three years in Peace Corps Ecuador with a focus on construction management, he served and then directed Aspire Education, a nonprofit working in Oakland schools to provide high-quality tutoring.

Pivoting to the housing world in 2018, Jack served in a number of roles at Bay Area fintechs in residential real estate, including as Director of Operations at Landed, which helps teachers buy homes with shared equity financing.

Jack holds a B.A. from Bard College (History major, Economics minor) and an MBA from UC Berkeley with a real estate concentration and certificate. He is an ADU fanatic and completed his own basement unit in 2019. Jack currently works as Housing Director for TRiO Plus, an Oakland nonprofit securing housing affordable for public school educators.