W. Matthew Kelly

Matt Kelly is the CEO of JBG SMITH and a member of the board of trustees. Prior to the formation of JBG SMITH, Matt served as a Managing Partner of the JBG Companies and a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Investment Committee. He previously was co-head of JBG's Investments Group and was primarily responsible for investment strategy and the investment and acquisition activity of the JBG Investment Funds. Prior to joining the JBG Companies in 2004, he was a co-founder of ODAC Inc., a media software company, and worked in private equity and investment banking with Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston and Goldman Sachs, & Co in New York.

In addition to various civic and policy organizations, Mr. Kelly currently serves on the boards of NAREIT and the Urban Land Institute and serves as an Executive in Residence of the Steers Center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Mr. Kelly has lectured at The Harvard Business School, Georgetown University, The University of Notre Dame and he holds a B.A. with honors from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.