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Jarrett Collins

CEO at Pan-Mass Challenge. Loves cycling. Hates cancer.

Greater Boston

Overview 

Jarrett Collins is the CEO at Pan-Mass Challenge, with a background in venture capital, fundraising, and entrepreneurship. Notable career highlights include co-founding University of Global Health Equity and serving as Managing Director at NeoCarta Ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2019 - Current

    Leading an inspired team funding the end of cancer, with a record $75 million raised in 2024. Founded in 1980, the PMC is the most successful athletic fundraiser in the world, having since donated more than $1 billion to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC hosts cycling events throughout the year - including its signature ride across Massachusetts the first weekend of August - and 100% of rider-raised dollars fund treatment and cures for cancer.

  • Co-Founder and Senior Director of Operations

    2014 - 2019

    Built the world's first university dedicated to the equitable delivery of health care, alongside a dedicated team of educators, caregivers, and philanthropists including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Cummings Foundation. A Rwanda-based subsidiary of Partners In Health, UGHE welcomes international students, faculty, and researchers advancing best practices in caring for the most vulnerable populations.

  • Director of Special Projects

    2013 - 2014

    Led special projects for this pioneering health care NGO in Haiti, Malawi, and the US. Raised seed capital to establish PIH's new health sciences university in Rwanda (see "University of Global Health Equity" above).

  • Co-Founder and Managing Director

    1999 - 2013

    Created this early stage venture capital firm supporting information technology entrepreneurs. Negotiated investments, served on boards of directors, managed limited partner relationships, and helped portfolio companies achieve liquidity through acquisitions or initial public offerings.

  • Director, TTC Ventures

    1995 - 1999

    Established and ran the venture capital subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters), one of the world's largest publishing and information companies. Sourced and managed investments in early stage technology companies, including Internet pioneers like Audible, CareerBuilder, and Financial Engines.

  • Associate

    1989 - 1995

    Researched and supported investments in early stage companies; also served two years as the CEO in Copley's largest investment, Mulberry Child Care Centers (see below).

  • Chief Executive Officer

    1991 - 1993

    Turned around this early childhood education provider by instituting a quality improvement process that achieved national accreditation in all 12 schools, doubled revenues to $6 million, achieved positive cash flow, and merged with another provider. Mulberry was ultimately acquired by the industry's leading public company, KinderCare.

  • Sales Consultant

    1986 - 1987

    Identified prospects and sold business telephone systems for this venture capital-backed telecommunications pioneer, ranking second among 45 sales consultants nationally for FY1986-87; also trained as many as ten new sales consultants per month.

  • Account Representative

    1985 - 1986

    Built a market for business telephone systems, establishing 47 new accounts and ranking first among all California sales reps through Q1 1986.

  • Access Control Manager

    1983 - 1984

    Engineered and deployed the first electronic access control system in Olympic history, using ID badges with barcodes and a network of over 300 scanners, positively identifying over 100,000 athletes, media, staff, and volunteers during the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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