Time for a quick humble-brag: Jerry’s editorial review board is made up of experts with serious street cred in the auto, insurance, and refinancing industries. With Jerry and its thought leaders at the wheel, readers are one step closer to eliminating all of the difficulty and uncertainty that comes with owning a car. No fluff, no nonsense — the only thing you’ll find here is practical advice on how to make smarter decisions that won’t break the bank.

Kathleen Flear

Director of Content

Kathleen Flear is an expert insurance writer and editor who heads up Jerry’s editorial team as director of content. Kathleen empowers drivers to make smart car ownership decisions through best-in-class articles on insurance, loans, and maintenance. Prior to joining Jerry in 2021, Kathleen served as managing editor for a team of SEO content marketing professionals at Article-Writing.co and worked as a freelance writer and editor for a range of digital publications, including Chicago Literati magazine and Golden Words. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Queen’s University, and a master’s degree in creative writing and fiction from Sierra Nevada University.

Lynda Vittes

Senior Director of Auto Refinance

As Senior Director of Project Management at Jerry, Lynda Vittes transforms time-intensive financing transactions into frictionless, money-saving experiences for customers. Lynda brings to the AllCar™ app more than 25 years of leadership experience in consumer lending, banking, and fintech. Prior to joining Jerry in 2021, Lynda was vice president and head of auto finance product and performance marketing at LendingClub. There she launched and grew the auto loan refinance product, expanded the addressable market, and drove customer conversion through omnichannel marketing initiatives. She was also a senior vice president at Wells Fargo, where she held numerous executive positions in consumer lending, consumer deposits, and retail banking. Lynda holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems and finance from California State University Sacramento.

Ed Chung

Chief Financial Officer

Ed Chung is chief financial officer for Jerry. Ed is responsible for all of the company’s financial functions, including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance and investor relations. He brings more than 20 years of deep financial expertise to support the AllCar™ app’s exponential growth. A proven financial leader and advisor, Ed most recently was co-founder and co-chief investment officer of View Ridge Capital Management, an event-driven hedge fund. Previously, Ed’s experience included roles as managing director at institutional asset management firm Farallon Capital Management, and as an analyst at Warburg Pincus, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and UBS. A CFA charterholder, Ed holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a master’s in business administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. As Jerry’s Chief Financial Officer, Ed appeared on a panel on “Innovations in Data about People” at the 2023 conference of the Consumer Technology Association (CES).

Elin Nozewski

Vice President of Communications

Elin Nozewski is vice president of communications at Jerry. She leads the development of the company’s strategic communications and supports growth for the fast-growing AllCar™ app through internal and external channels.

Elin brings 20 years of experience planning and executing reputation-building communications campaigns for global brands and start-ups.

Most recently, Elin was senior vice president and partner at global communications firm FleishmanHillard. There, she co-led the brand marketing team at the company’s headquarters office and served clients across the automotive, travel, consumer technology, fashion, logistics, and retail industries. Previously, Elin held roles at public relations firms Airfoil Group and Golin. Her clients have included Enterprise Holdings, eBay, PayPal, Nintendo of America, Fossil Group, UPS, and many others.

Elin holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Michigan and is a 2019 graduate of the Leadership St. Louis program.

Henry Hoenig

Data Journalist

Henry Hoenig previously worked as an economics editor for Bloomberg News and a senior news editor for The Wall Street Journal. His data journalism at Jerry has been featured in outlets including CBS News, Yahoo! Finance, FOX Business, Business Insider, Bankrate, The Motley Fool, AutoWeek, Money.com and more.

John Spottiswood

Chief Operating Officer

As the Chief Operating Officer at Jerry, John Spottiswood executes business strategy and operations for the company. John leads multiple teams, including marketing, product development, partnerships, administration and customer experience, while actively expanding service offerings into new categories of fintech and related automotive services. John brings to Jerry 25 years of deep experience in building operations teams and generating growth and revenue at technology startups including Match, LendingClub, DemandTec, QuinStreet, and Inflection, where he held executive leadership positions. . John holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and Japanese from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in business administration, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.Recently, John was featured as a keynote speaker at the 2022 Insurance Innovators USA event and as a speaker at InsureTech Connect’s ICT Vegas 2022 conference.

Lina Zhang

Licensed Insurance Agent, VP of Operations

Lina Zhang is Vice President of Operations at Jerry. She helped to found Jerry in order to take the confusion and mystery expenses out of car ownership and help drivers achieve financial success. Leading a global team responsible for operations, talent acquisition, legal, and content, Lina has been a key contributor to the AllCar™ app’s 10x growth in its first year of operation. Prior to Jerry, Lina and her Jerry co-founders, Art Agrawal and Musawir Shah, created YourMechanic, the largest on-demand car repair services provider. In one year, Lina built and scaled YourMechanic operations from just five markets to more than 50. The trio left YourMechanic to incubate Jerry at Y Combinator in 2017. Lina’s previous roles include intellectual property attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP and a biomedical researcher at Stanford University.

Josh Damico

Vice President Insurance Operations

Josh Damico is Jerry’s vice president of insurance operations and a licensed insurance professional with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. Previously, Josh held executive roles at Geico, where he had vast regional oversight and leadership opportunities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Medaille College, and has appeared on news channels including FOX and CBS to offer insurance expertise and tips to drivers across the country. His work has appeared in Business Insider, Kelley Blue Book, and Digital Insurance and been quoted in The Balance, GOBankingRates, and Inspiring Workplaces.

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