Joe Woods

Joe was born and raised in Columbus, OH. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics from The Ohio State University and also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.

Joe is a founder and the Managing Partner of Timber Bay Partners. Prior to this, Joe held many successful positions. He was Managing Director and Head of Secondary Investments at Fort Washington Capital Partners Group, a private equity investment firm with $3.3 billion in private equity commitments. While here, Joe led Fort Washington's secondary practice and was a member of its Investment Committee. Joe also served as Director of Emerging Businesses at Best Buy Co. Inc. He managed a team of eight professionals and was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and developing emerging business opportunities. Before Best Buy, Joe was a Vice President at Mellon Ventures, where he sourced, evaluated, negotiated, structured, documented, and monitored private equity investments for the $1.4 billion private equity investment partnership affiliated with Mellon Financial Corporation. Joe began his career as a Senior Associate and Certified Public Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand LLC, where he provided professional business advisory services for investment banking, commercial banking, mutual funds, and middle market manufacturing industries.