Primary Job Title Board Member Primary Organization 
NewSchools Venture Fund
Gender Male
Jon Sackler divides his time between business and non-profit pursuits.
Mr. Sackler is the Managing Partner in North Bay Associates and Kokino LLC, and a co-founder of TRQ Management Company, all investment management businesses. He was a past president and remains active with Cheyenne Petroleum Company, an oil and gas exploration and production
company, and he was a co-founder of Soundview Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment company. In addition, he serves on the boards of various companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
Mr. Sackler has been active in the nonprofit sector with a particular focus on public education. He is a Trustee for Achievement First, a growing charter management organization operating twenty public charter schools in four cities serving over 6,000 students. He was the founding Chairman and is currently a Director with ConnCAN (the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now) and is a Director with 50CAN and Students for Education Reform, all organizations focused on researching, communicating, and advocating for sound research-based public policies in the field of primary and secondary education.
Mr. Sackler was born in 1955. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Greenwich with his wife, Mary Corson. They have three children, two pursuing careers as filmmakers and one in computer science.
