Jodi Morris

Jodi Morris is Founder and CEO of Connecting Growth Globally and a champion for leadership development, girls education & empowerment and global investing. Jodi curates and leads Global Leadership Trips to push all of us to think more purposefully. She also serves as a success coach to mid-career professionals, advises impactful investment firms and non-profits, and is an investor, writer, speaker, and mentor. A perpetual student, avid traveler, personal investing maven, her passion lies in connecting people and ideas across the U.S. and globally. Prior to this career, Jodi spent 22 successful years in investment management, leading strategic U.S. business building initiatives at a start-up and notable firms like JP Morgan and Matthews Asia. Combining an analytical mindset, education-based communications style and a natural ease for connecting people and ideas, Jodi led teams which raised billions of dollars in assets in innovative investment strategies. Jodi is President of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Northern California Legacy Foundation and a member of the IWF Northern California Board, a RENEW Impact Angel Network (IAN) member, a CFA® Charterholder, and a Certified Financial Planner®. She invests in women’s empowerment and girls’ education through several U.S. based global non-profits, including Room to Read, Rise Up, SEGA/Nurturing Minds and SHE-CAN. Jodi graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a degree in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics.