We welcome Brian Bustamante to the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation Board of Trustees.

Los Angeles-based Bustamante is a Partner at Greycroft, where he focuses on consumer investments through the firm’s Consumer Products Fund. 

Bustamante serves on several non-profit boards that work with historically underserved communities. At La Luz, he founded the organization’s endowment program and ran the microloan program. 

Introduced to Alliance by a fellow board member, Bustamante shared why our mission resonates personally:

“My grandmother came to the U.S. from Mexico and did everything she could to provide a comfortable life and strong educational opportunities to her three daughters.  Had Alliance existed then, it would’ve provided enormous benefit to my mother and her two sisters…I hope the organization continues to exceed the expectations of the students and families it serves and ultimately helps create more pathways to higher education and successful lives.”

Bustamante brings deep investment experience to the Board of Trustees, having previously served as a senior investor at Stripes Group and Sonoma Brands Capital. He is guided by past partnerships, including those with Reformation (acquired by Permira), Hu Products (acquired by Mondelez), Refinery29 (acquired by VICE), Pond5 (acquired by Shutterstock), True Botanicals (acquired by NextWorld Evergreen), Made by Nacho, Bachan’s, Merit, Versed, and Beekeeper’s Naturals. 

He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Brown University.

We look forward to Bustamante sharing his valuable insight and guidance.