Summer Announces Appointment of Jed Kleckner to Board of Directors

Kleckner joins pioneering startup aimed at democratizing vacation home ownership

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summer, an innovative approach to short-term rentals and vacation home ownership founded by former Airbnb employees, today announced the appointment of Jed Kleckner to the Summer Board of Directors.

With more than 15 years of global experience in launching, operating and transforming companies from early stage ventures to the most recognized organizations in the world, Kleckner was most recently CEO of Delivery.com, a company he built as one of the pioneering on-demand food delivery platforms. Prior to which he served in roles in investment banking at Bank of America Securities.

"As Summer continuously expands and innovates, we are thrilled to welcome Jed Kleckner to our Board of Directors,” said Paul Kromidas, CEO, Founder, and Chairman of Summer. “From his revenue building expertise to his solid history of creating and launching category-defining products as well as go-to-market strategies, our team is exceptionally fortunate to have him play a fundamental role as we continue to build.”

A leader in driving and advising successful companies, Kleckner also serves as an advisor to Bicycle, Binkey, Boam.ai, EasyKnock, Edgemesh, Jingle and Zitti. He is an active MBA lecturer at Columbia Business School, Northwestern Kellogg, and Stanford GSB, as well as a Fellows mentor and judge for Venture for America.

"Summer is uniquely positioned to help families achieve their long term goals, and I look forward to taking part in the mission to democratize vacation homeownership,” said Jed Kleckner. “I’m proud to officially join Summer’s Board of Directors, and help the company continue its expansion."

Summer’s growing board of directors, which also includes Kromidas as board chair as well as Frank Rotman of QED, Daniel Tsiddon of Viola FinTech and Luke Sherwin of Casper and Block Renovation, will continue to ensure the company’s growth to better serve more customers and further propel the mission to open access to vacation homes.

About Summer

Summer is on a mission to open access to vacation homes by eliminating the headache and risk associated with buying. The company was founded in New York by Paul Kromidas and launched in 2022. To date, Summer has raised $30M in equity funding from investors including: QED, Viola FinTech, Lightspeed Venture Partners, 1Sharpe Ventures, as well as a number of strategic and angel investors. For more information about Summer, visit www.gosummer.com.