Jessica Bailey is President & CEO of Nuveen Green Capital (NGC), previously known as Greenworks Lending, a leading provider of sustainable CRE finance. As co-founder and CEO of NGC, Ms. Bailey grew the company into a national lending platform operating in over 30 states, which has raised and deployed over $1B in capital and has experienced double-digit annual originations growth since founding. In 2021, she led Greenworks to a successful acquisition by Nuveen. Ms. Bailey has 20 years of experience in leadership roles within non-profit, public, and private high-growth companies. Prior to co-founding Greenworks Lending, Ms. Bailey was with the CT Green Bank as the Director of Commercial and Industrial C-PACE, where she joined in 2012. There she designed an award-winning, state-wide PACE program, allowing building owners to access financing to perform clean energy improvements on their properties, which became the model for numerous other state’s C-PACE programs. From 2004-2012, Ms. Bailey worked at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, an $800M foundation. As the Fund’s program officer for sustainable development, she co-managed a portfolio of grants focused on combating climate change and promoting clean energy. Prior to joining the RBF, she spent time working at the United Nations, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and on a research project in Ecuador. Ms. Bailey received her master’s degree from Yale University and bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children.
