JASON A. CRIST
Managing Director
Columbia Partners, LLC Investment Management

Jason is a Managing Director of the Private Capital group. He is responsible for overseeing direct private investments in select emerging growth companies and serves on the Private Capital investment committee.

Jason has over 20 years combined experience in investment banking, structured finance, private equity and commercial lending. Previously, Jason founded and managed the media investment banking division for Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., in Baltimore, Maryland, where he focused on M&A, strategic advisory and public/private transactional work for companies in the radio/TV/satellite broadcast, cable and media services sectors. Prior to Legg Mason, Jason was Managing Director with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he focused on large Business Process Outsourcing transactions. Jason began his career as a commercial banker focusing on the communications, telecommunications and media sectors.

Jason holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and has completed extensive graduate work in both finance and international business at Georgetown and George Washington Universities.