Jeff Burton, Chair of the Board of Directors

Jeff Burton lives in Charlottesville, VA. He came to Charlottesville in 1988 as a student athlete on the University of Virginia’s baseball team (outfielder). Vocationally, he is a 20+ year Investment Advisor helping baseball coaches all over the country with their investment and planning needs and for 25 postgraduate years, he has been helping young men and women in the game and life.
In 2010, Jeff founded H3 Baseball, a 501c3 whose mission is to impact the lives of youth in Central Virginia by providing quality instruction, meaningful relationships, and unique opportunities through the game of baseball.
In 2013, Jeff became the Head Varsity Baseball Coach at The Covenant School and led them to 4 State Championship appearances in his 4 years leading the program. Every senior in his last 3 graduating classes had a chance to play or played D3 or D1 college baseball.
In 2014, Jeff founded the Charlottesville Tom Sox, a 501c3 summer collegiate team in the historic Valley Baseball League. Over the past 10 years, Jeff has recruited over 500 college baseball players to Charlottesville from a wide range of schools. He’s also helped foster the career development of over 200 student-athletes by identifying summer internships within the Tom Sox organization or the Charlottesville community. In 2017, the Tom Sox were named Perfect Game’s #1 team in the country at the end of the season.
In 2020, Jeff launched the Burley Restoration Project, a multimillion restoration of the athletic facilities at the formerly segregated black Burley High School. This project is currently ongoing and brought together a unique collaboration of partners from across Virginia in what is a transformational urban renewal project for Charlottesville. In the last 15 years, Jeff has helped over 600 families find successful outcomes.
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