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Meet the minds behind the mission.

Meet the minds
behind the mission.

A strong mission takes a strong team.

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Founded for families. By families.

Founders Tim Sheehan and Johnson Cook imagined Greenlight when they noticed a problem: Parents didn’t have a way to teach their kids about money. The solution? An all-in-one family finance app to help parents raise financially-smart kids.

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Our founders

As CEO, Tim (right) leads Greenlight’s vision to create a world where every child grows up financially healthy and happy. He is the team’s source of financial knowledge with previous leadership experience at Yahoo Finance, E*TRADE, Fiserv, and more. 

Johnson (left) is a serial entrepreneur and has been an active angel investor and community leader in Atlanta for over two decades. As President, he drives Greenlight’s growth and expansion as the leading family finance company.

Our leaders

Our Board of Directors

  • Alex Baker, Relay Ventures

  • Gardiner Garrard, TTV Capital

  • David George, Andreessen Horowitz

  • Janet Lamkin, United Airlines

  • Chris Olsen, Drive Capital

  • Paula Pretlow, Former SVP of The Capital Group

  • Neil Underwood, Canapi

  • James White, Mill Road Capital

  • Tim Sheehan, Greenlight 

  • Johnson Cook, Greenlight