Jane Veron

Jane Veron is Co-founder and CEO of The Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit that empowers small business owners and accelerates their growth.TAP provides bespoke advisory services to small business owners across the country, generating a ripple effect that unlocks pathways to wealth creation and economic mobility. Since co-founding TAP in 2012, Jane has grown the organization to over 200 consultants that serve thousands of small business owners annually. TAP’s areas of expertise include finance, operations, strategy, marketing, and support throughout the entire capital lifecycle.

In addition to her leadership of TAP, Jane is the President of EJA Industries, a holding company for middle market private equity investments and serves on several PE boards. Previously, Jane worked in strategy and marketing at Bain & Company and American Express.  

Jane’s commitment to public service led her to serve as Mayor of Scarsdale, New York, from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that she was Deputy Mayor and a Trustee of the Village of Scarsdale from 2016 to 2020. Jane has held many civic leadership positions, including Chair of the Scarsdale Planning Board and President of the Scarsdale League of Women Voters.

Jane has received numerous awards: the Scarsdale Mayor’s Award for Exceptional Leadership; the Daily Point of Light Award (organization founded by President George H.W. Bush); Crain’s list of Notables in Nonprofit and Philanthropy; the 2021 Global Game Changer award from TalentNomics for “Walking the Talk”; Westchester Magazine’s 2022 “914Inc Top Women in Business”, the 2023 Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association’s (HBSLAA) Distinguished Alum in the Latino Community Award for leading TAP's work with Latino business owners, and the 2023 Profiles in Diversity Magazine “Women Worth Watching Award”. She was featured in Joanne Lippman’s 2023 book NEXT! The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work, the Harvard Business School Alumni Newsletter and received front-page Wall Street Journal coverage.  In 2024 Jane received The Visionary Catalyst Prize, the “Scarsdale Bowl” by The Scarsdale Foundation, the Women’s Bond Club’s Betty Cook Award, and 2024 Trailblazer Nonprofit Award from City & State and NYN Media. 

She was recently appointed chair of the Citizens Task Force on Jobs and Economy under U.S. Congressman George Lattimer (NY). Her past roles have included Investment Capital Advisory Committee (ICAC) of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Gamechanger by Dick’s Sporting Goods and serves on the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board; the Regional Plan Association Board; and the Nonprofit Westchester Board. Jane earned a BA magna cum laude from Yale University and an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.