Management
Matthew E. Swanson
Vice President
Matthew Swanson first joined the Ridgewood Companies in 2002, primarily working on the formation of the Ridgewood Renewable PowerBank funds. In the fall of 2003, Matthew entered law school, while continuing to work part-time on projects for Ridgewood Renewable Power and Ridgewood Energy. Matthew returned to the Ridgewood Companies full-time in 2007 after completing law school.
During law school, Matthew worked in the Investment Management Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the Tax Department of the New York law firm Chadbourne and Parke. During his undergraduate studies, Matthew was a summer analyst in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division.
Matthew received his J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School, where he focused on corporate, securities, and tax law. While attending law school, Matthew taught economics to Harvard undergraduates, for which he received the Harvard University Center for Undergraduate Education Teaching Award and was one of only five teachers to receive the Allyn Young Teaching Prize in Economics.
Matthew received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard University, where he concentrated in economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
While working towards his J.D., Matthew also earned a Master's Degree (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge, England.