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PCEF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024 - 2025

Thomas Knowles

Thomas Knowles

Thomas joined Gratitude Railroad in January 2015 and serves as Managing Partner and Co-CEO. Prior to Gratitude, Thomas led corporate development and strategy for a leading outdoor e-commerce company, Backcountry, and a publicly traded SaaS company, Liveperson (NASDAQ:LPSN); he managed six strategic acquisitions and investments across these roles. In his early career, he spent five years in investing roles with SVB Capital, the $150M early-stage venture capital fund of Silicon Valley Bank.

At Gratitude, Thomas has managed early and growth stage investments in more than 40 companies and funds, bringing broad expertise across sectors and a deep skill set in deal structuring, including in equity, debt and alternative financing. He has served in numerous Board and advisory capacities, including for the Ruthless for Good Fund, The Builders Fund, Envest and the Park City Education Foundation. Thomas graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Economics. Raised in Seattle, Thomas spent 10 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now lives in Park City Utah with his wife Jessie and their kids Dayna, Kira and Westin. 

Quiet over loud; beer over wine; leading over following; Montana over California; country music over anything else; family over friends; rain jacket over swim suit; non-fiction over fiction.

Your Impact This Year

  • Students Reached

    4500

  • Invested in Our Schools

    $1,500,000

  • % Parents Giving 2023/2024

    57%

  • Programs Funded

    100

  • Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation
    Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation

    Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation

  • Ascent Fund
    Ascent Fund
  • Beard Charitable Foundation
    Beard Charitable Foundation
  • Byrne Family Foundation Trust
    Byrne Family Foundation Trust
  • Dan & Terese Heintzelman Family Foundation
    Dan & Terese Heintzelman Family Foundation
  • Garen Family Foundation
    Garen Family Foundation
  • Kelsi and John Mellor
    Kelsi and John Mellor
  • Montage Deer Valley
    Montage Deer Valley
  • Park City Mountain Resort
    Park City Mountain Resort
  • Park City Municipal
    Park City Municipal
  • Parker Family Charitable Fund
    Parker Family Charitable Fund
  • Tatiana and Matthew Prince
    Tatiana and Matthew Prince
  • The Efrusy Family Foundation
    The Efrusy Family Foundation
  • Zions Bank
    Zions Bank
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous
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