Jacob Stainbrook

Jacob Stainbrook

School: Infinity Prep
District: Uplift Education

Jacob Stainbrook grew up in Denver, where he lived until graduating college in 2004.  Jacob graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with a B.S. in Business Administration, studying finance, accounting and economics. In 2005, Jacob moved to Chicago where he worked as a buy-side equity analyst for a boutique investment management firm.  In 2008, he moved back to Denver to work as an independent futures and equity trader. 

In 2011, Jacob joined Teach For America in Dallas and completed his first year of teaching sixth grade math at Infinity Preparatory in Irving, TX.  In the summer of 2012, he began the Urban Education Leadership program at SMU to develop and refine his skills as an education leader.