LEADERSHIP

Jim Herbert is Founder and Chairman of the Board of Chelsea Factory. Mr. Herbert founded First Republic Bank in 1985 and served as CEO for 36 years, becoming ExecuIve Chairman from 2022 to 2023. Previously, he was the founding CEO, President, and a Director of San Francisco Bancorp from 1980 to 1985. Jim served as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Twelfth District Federal Advisory Council from 2018 through 2020 and served as a member of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Advisory Board.

Mr. Herbert holds board/trustee positions with the San Francisco Ballet Association (Vice Chair and formerly Chair) and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NY (Executive Committee). He also serves as Chairman of The BASIC Fund, and was a founding Director of this 25 year old non-profit foundation providing scholarships to thousands of Pre-K to 8th grade students each year. Mr. Herbert currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Rockefeller Capital Management. He formerly served as a trustee of Babson College.

B.S., 1966, Babson College; M.B.A., 1969, New York University; Harvard Business School CEO Presidents’ Seminar Graduate.