Jessica Zofnass Barclay

Jessica leads EFCG’s M&A Team, working with clients on the sell-side, the buy-side, and helping to pair interested firms with sources of alternative capital to best fit their needs. Jessica leverages her 15 years of financial experience working with Private Equity firms, Family Offices, and various financial sponsors to help AEC firms find the ideal partner for optimal growth and long-term success.

Before acquiring EFCG, Jessica ran Institutional and Family Office Capital Raising for Black Creek Group, a leading real estate investment management firm.  Previously, Jessica was a Banker with J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank, where she advised ultra-high net worth family offices on their capital allocation across public and private equity, real estate, and various debt instruments. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Jessica worked at Goldman Sachs on the Foreign Exchange Trading Desk, advising hedge funds, PE firms, and family offices in hedging their FX exposure and speculating in the currency markets through spot, forward, and options trading.

Jessica received her MBA with Distinction from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where she was named an Edward Tuck Scholar, and graduated with Honors from Harvard University, where she rowed for the Women’s Varsity Crew Team for four years. A native of New York City, Jessica now lives in Denver with her husband, Colin, and their young sons, James and Dylan. In her free time, Jessica serves on the Denver Zoo Leadership Council and the Finance & Audit Committee, and raises awareness for Denver Health Hospital’s transformative community work. She loves to ski (Nordic, Alpine & Tele) and hike with her family and their rescue pup Zoey.