Jennifer Friel Goldstein

Jennifer Friel Goldstein is Head of Relationship Management at First Citizens Innovation Banking. In this role, she leverages her 20+ years of experience financing innovation to develop creative capital solutions for clients, connect VC and industry stakeholders to key business opportunities, and operate a dynamic and complex banking P&L.

Since joining SVB in 2012, Jennifer has held a variety of leadership positions across the bank. She played key roles in developing SVB's biotech practice, the expansion into investment banking, launching SVB Capital’s first dedicated Life Sciences investment fund as managing partner of Arterial Fund I, and leading the strategic repositioning of several business units following SVB's acquisition by First Citizens Bank. 

Previously, Jennifer served as a director on Pfizer's venture capital team where she led investments into life sciences companies, served as a management consultant at Bain & Co., focused on private equity projects across Europe, and held operational and research roles at Chiron, Genelabs and Genencor.  

Jennifer graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in bioengineering and a master's degree in biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an MBA from the Wharton School, where she was named a Joseph Wharton Fellow. 

Her experience also includes director roles with VentureForward, Digitalis Commons, the Women’s Health Innovation Coalition, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Northern California. She previously served as an independent director and audit committee member for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. 

Jennifer lives in the Bay Area with her indie-rock husband, their twin teenaged children, and their rescue mutt, Kona.