Jeffrey C. Walker worked from 1984 to 2005 as CEO and co-founder of CCMP Capital, and JPMorgan Partners, JPMorgan Chase & Co's global private equity, vice chairman of

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& Co. and chairman of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. He has subsequently been active in many non-profit and education areas, including

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. He is known as a positive advocate for

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and related practices. He graduated from

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and

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. In 2009, Walker completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

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