Chris Cole is the Chairman of Ardea Partners, a position held since 2016. Previously, Chris served as a Member of the Board of Trustees at the Environmental Defense Fund from March 2016 to March 2018 and spent three decades at Goldman Sachs, concluding as Chairman of Investment Banking. Chris holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, obtained between 1981 and 1985, and an AB in History from Princeton University, earned from 1977 to 1981. Early education was completed at Phillips Academy from 1974 to 1977.