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Howard Goldstein

Howard Goldstein is the Managing Partner of Cortlandt Private Capital. He is a seasoned venture capitalist with over four decades of investment experience having  worked with Vedanta Capital (Founding Partner and Senior Advisor), INVESCO, Citicorp  and Lehman Brothers. During his tenure, the firms made over 300 investments including Alkermes, Amgen, Celgene, Costco, Jamba Juice, Masimo, MetroPCS, PetSmart, PictureTel, Polycom, Starbucks, Staples and Ulta Beauty. Howard has served on the boards of numerous companies. He currently serves on the boards of BlackBoiler and d2i.

Howard earned a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School where he received the American Jurisprudence Award and The Honorable Nathan R. Sobel prize. He received a B.A. with honors from Clark University.

Howard has been very active in numerous philanthropic and community service activities over the last 20 years including currently serving as:

>board member of Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center

>board treasurer of Volunteer Ventures MA

>finance committee member for the Town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts

>finance committee member of the Island Housing Trust of Martha’s Vineyard

>finance committee member of BluePath Service Dogs

>lifeguard at Martha's Vineyard YMCA

He has previously served as a board and finance committee member of Martha's Vineyard Community Services, a board member and board chair of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley, a member of the Audit and Finance Committee of the National Board of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and a board member and vice president of The H.O.P.E. For Youth Foundation.

Howard and Neva have been volunteer camp counselors at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a camp for critically ill children.

They have two grown children, Rebecca and Jesse, and split their time between Martha's Vineyard and Manhattan.

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