Brent Goldstein is a 1989 graduate of Colgate University and a 1993 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. Brent has had a dual career for 30+ years as a small-business attorney and a co-owner of a private equity company called Avanti Capital. Since its formation in early 2003, Avanti has organized or been affiliated with real estate acquisitions (office, multi-family, mini-storage, hotel, office and residential condominium, industrial, industrial-flex, etc.), real estate developments, and private companies with fair market values aggregating in excess of $850 million.

Over the course of his adult life, Brent has been very active in a variety of philanthropic endeavors, including American ORT, Capital Camps, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, D.C., the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Maccabi USA. In November 2013, Brent was among a group of individuals honored by Maccabi USA as a “Legend of the Maccabiah.” 

Brent has served on the Board of Directors of First Descents since 2007, including 11 years as Chairman of the First Descents Board from 2009 to 2020. 

Over the past 19 years, Brent has spearheaded a fundraising campaign that has raised over $2.5 million for First Descents through his annual participation as a competitor in the ultra-endurance Leadville Trail 100 MTB race held every August in Leadville, Colorado, as well as his participation and successful completion of the Tour Divide in the summer of 2018, a 2,700-mile+ unsupported mountain bike race down the Continental Divide from Banff, Alberta, Canada, to the U.S./Mexico border in Antelope Wells, N.M. The LT100 is known as one of the most grueling one-day mountain bike races in America, and the Tour Divide was hailed by Outside Magazine as the “Toughest Bike Race in the World.” Following the Tour Divide, Brent wrote a book about the experience called “Divide and Conquer: 2,731 Miles Out Living It on Two Wheels.” All proceeds from the sale of the book were for the benefit of First Descents.

Brent currently lives in Colorado’s Vail Valley with his wife Lisa (aka “Stepmom”) and two dogs. While still pursuing various professional endeavors, Brent spends most of his time skiing, biking, hiking, golfing, and working part-time for the Beaver Creek Ski Race Department. Brent and Lisa have three adult daughters: Daryn, Arlyn, and Bailey.