Matt Kelly is the CEO of JBG SMITH and a member of the Board of Trustees. Prior to the formation of JBG SMITH, Mr. Kelly served as a Managing Partner of the JBG Companies and was co-head of JBG’s Investments Group and primarily responsible for investment strategy and the investment and acquisition activity of the JBG Investment Funds. Prior to joining the JBG Companies in 2004, he was a co-founder of ODAC Inc., a media software company, and worked in private equity and investment banking with Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston and Goldman Sachs, & Co in New York.  

Mr. Kelly currently serves as Chairman of Nareit and Chairman of the Board of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is a member of the Board of MedStar Health and the Urban Institute. He is also past Chairman of the Board of the Medstar Washington Hospital Center, the largest hospital in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Faculty at the Harvard Business School and serves as an Executive in Residence of the Steers Center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He holds an AB with honors from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

• Chairman – Nareit

• Chairman – Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

• Board Member – MedStar Health

• Board Member – The Urban Institute

• Executive Committee & Trustee – Federal City Council

• Executive Committee & Board Member – D.C. Policy Center

• Executive Committee & Board Member – The Economic Club of Washington, DC

• Board Member – Greater Washington Partnership (GWP)

• Trustee – The Real Estate Round Table

• Past Chairman – Medstar Health Washington Hospital Center Board of Directors

• Past Governing Board Member – Urban Land Institute