Joanna Reiss is a Partner in Private Equity and the Co-Head of Impact Investing at Apollo. Joanna joined Apollo in 2020 to establish the impact investing strategy and serves as its co-portfolio manager in addition to leading investments in businesses across the industrials, services, retail industries. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Smart Start and as a member of the board of directors for Accent, Heritage Grocers Group and United Living. She is also a member of the investment committee for Apollo Clean Transition Equity and a member of the Apollo Climate Task Force. Previously, Joanna served as a founding Partner at Cornell Capital from 2013 to 2020, during which she was instrumental in building the midmarket private investment firm’s strategy, team and portfolio. Earlier in her career, Joanna was an analyst at Merchants’ Gate Capital, and began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking division before moving to the Merchant Banking Division.

Joanna graduated with high distinction from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with a BBA degree. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons.