Jessica Wirth Strine is managing partner and CEO at Jasper Street. She assists Jasper Street’s clients in contentious proxy voting situations, ESG strategy development, and shareholder engagement. Her background in active & passive management is instrumental in helping our clients understand the totality of their shareholder base.

With nearly twenty years of experience in active equity fund management and passive fund stewardship, Jessica has unique insights into the practices of both fundamental active investors and passive governance decision makers. Prior to forming Jasper Street, Jessica was a senior director on the Investment Stewardship team at Vanguard, overseeing proxy voting decision-making and leading engagement with directors and executive team members at public companies across the U.S. While at Vanguard, Jessica also led an interdisciplinary ESG working group, focusing on the research, policy and market implications of environmental, social and governance issues. Prior to Vanguard, Jessica worked in active equity portfolio management at BlackRock, Putnam Investments, and Wellington Management Company. While on the buyside, she directed global investments in securities within the energy sector, managed natural resources sector funds, and served as director of research for a global equity investing team. In merging her experience as a governance leader and an active equity investor, Jessica sees the significant opportunity to empower public companies to drive long term shareholder value by applying a long-term lens to the bottom line.

Jessica holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and serves on the board of directors of FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY). She has previously volunteered on the Board of Trustees for Tyler Arboretum and on the Philadelphia Committee for UNICEF USA.