Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of TBLI – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Paul Rose

United Kingdom (London)

Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society, Explorer, Broadcaster, paulrose.org

A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced science divers and polar travellers, Paul Rose has been helping scientists unlock global mysteries for the past 30 years in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet. Paul is Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society, an active explorer, television and radio broadcaster, a field science expert and published author. He has been working in Antarctica and the Arctic every year since 1990. With ...

Paul Rose

United Kingdom (London)

Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society, Explorer, Broadcaster, paulrose.org

A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced science divers and polar travellers, Paul Rose has been helping scientists unlock global mysteries for the past 30 years in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet. Paul is Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society, an active explorer, television and radio broadcaster, a field science expert and published author. He has been working in Antarctica and the Arctic every year since 1990. With ...

Michael Mulgrew

United States of America (New York, NY)

President, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)

Michael Mulgrew became the fifth president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in August 2009 and was elected to a full term by the UFT membership in April 2010. President Michael Mulgrew announced on Dec. 13, 2012, that the Teachers’ Retirement System will allocate $1 billion in post-Sandy reconstruction and other critical infrastructure projects in New York City and the surrounding area. “It’s a win-win for our union: Infrastructure investments can yield solid rates of retur...

Richard L. Kauffman

United States of America (Albany, NY)

Chairman for Energy Policy and Finance for the State of New York, Governor of New York's Office and Cabinet

Richard Kauffman joined the administration of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in February 2013 as the Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York. In this capacity he oversees and coordinates energy policy through a subcabinet of energy agencies and public authorities. His mission is to develop and implement a strategic plan to scale up clean energy, enhance New York’s competitiveness for clean energy businesses, and make our energy systems more resilient and reliable. He has worke...

Peter Malik

United States of America (Arlington, VA)

Managing Director, Corporate Engagement & Innovative Finance, The Nature Conservancy

Peter Malik is the Managing Director, Corporate Engagement & Innovative Finance at The Nature Conservancy. Peter oversees all corporate strategies, including The Conservancy’s work with multi-national companies to improve business practices through specific projects designed to develop tools to demonstrate the tangible business returns of incorporating sustainability and the value of nature into a company’s operations and supply chains. In addition to his role managing corporate strategies a...

Hilary McMahon

United States of America (Washington, DC )

Director of Research, Carbon War Room

Hilary McMahon is the Director of Research at the Carbon War Room. Hilary joined the CWR after working at the United Nations in New York as an adviser on Climate change and technology issues. Previously, Hilary spent four years working as a Senior Associate on the Energy and Climate team at the World Resources Institute (WRI), leading their work in support of Low Carbon Development Plans in many developing countries and managing a large research team. Hilary also led the WRI's work in support of...

Richard L. Kauffman

United States of America (Albany, NY)

Chairman for Energy Policy and Finance for the State of New York, Governor of New York's Office and Cabinet

Richard Kauffman joined the administration of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in February 2013 as the Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York. In this capacity he oversees and coordinates energy policy through a subcabinet of energy agencies and public authorities. His mission is to develop and implement a strategic plan to scale up clean energy, enhance New York’s competitiveness for clean energy businesses, and make our energy systems more resilient and reliable. He has worke...

David Bank

United States of America (New York, NY)

Editor and Chief Executive Officer, Impact IQ Inc.

David Bank is a journalist, an entrepreneur and the editor and CEO of Impact IQ Inc. The theme of “catalyzing capital” runs through all of Bank’s work, from The Wall Street Journal, through Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures), which mobilizes talent for social innovation, to Impact IQ, a media platform for pioneering investors, innovative ventures and market-driven change. Along with ImpactSpace.org, the open impact data initiative, Impact IQ delivers “deals, data and intelligence” to...

Aldo Bonati

Italy (Milan)

Head of Research Department, ECPI Milan

Aldo joined ECPI in 2007 and combines deep knowledge of systematic screening methods and international ESG standards with a long experience in integrating non-financial indicators in investment processes and structuring innovative, investable solutions and indices for ECPI's asset management and investment banking clients. Before joining ECPI, Aldo was product development manager at BNL Gestioni SGR (now BNP Paribas Asset Management) in charge of domestic and international mutual funds, market...

Flory Wilson

United States of America (Berwyn, PA)

Director, GIIRS, B Lab

Flory Wilson is the Director, International for GIIRS at B Lab. She joined B Lab in April 2010, working on the core team that has launched the Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) Ratings & Analytics. Flory chairs the Emerging Markets Standards Advisory Council that crafted the GIIRS rating methodology, and led a beta-test of the GIIRS assessment in early 2011 that involved over 200 companies and 25 leading impact investing funds in 30 different countries. Flory also focuses on business...

Marisa Mackey

United States of America (San Francisco, CA)

Associate Director, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

With nearly fourteen years of experience in the financial industry, Marisa Mackey joined the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) as Associate Director of Education, responsible for developing and launching SASB’s education and certification programs. Prior to SASB, Marisa served as Director of Americas for Adkins Matchett & Toy (AMT), a global financial training firm catering to investment banks, consulting firms and investment management firms. Prior to AMT, Marisa was a Credi...

Jody Rasch

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Vice President Social Performance Group , Moody's Analytics

Jody Rasch heads the Social Performance Group at Moody’s Analytics working on projects including microfinance and social investing. He also serves on various advisory board s including the Global Impact Investing Rating Service (GIIRS) , Women’s World Banking’s Gender Performance Initiative, the SMART Campaign’s Certification Task Force and Grameen Foundation’s Social Performance Advisory Committee. Prior to this Mr. Rasch worked at Moody’s Risk Management Services as part of the tra...

Ariane van Buren

United States of America (New York, NY)

Professor Sustainability Economics and Management, Earth Institute, Columbia University

At the Earth Institute’s request, Dr. van Buren teaches graduate students how investors influence corporate sustainability management and the economics of sustainable development at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. She consults with pension funds and endowment trustees on their role as investors in sustainability. Her research includes specialization in urban infrastructure and climate resilience. She is established the role of State Treasurers and other pension fund...

Richard Bookbinder

United States of America (New York, NY)

Managing Member, TerraVerde Capital Management LLC

Mr. Bookbinder formed Bookbinder Capital Management LLC ("BCM") in 1999 and is actively involved in all aspects of fund management including portfolio allocation, manager research, and due diligence. Mr. Bookbinder currently manages two funds of funds, The Roebling Fund LP launched October 1999, and TerraVerde Capital Partners LP, launched July 2009. Prior to forming BCM, Mr. Bookbinder was a Founding Principal of Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P, a leading investment bank specializing in mid...

James Leaton

United Kingdom (London)

Research Director, Carbon Tracker

James Leaton has been the Research Director of The Carbon Tracker Initiative since September 2010. He has led the research and analysis of listed fossil fuel reserves and is the lead author of the ground-breaking report: ‘Unburnable Carbon: are the world’s capital markets carrying a carbon bubble’. James is responsible for developing the work programme at Carbon Tracker and partnering with other organisations to further our objectives. James was previously a sustainability and climate cha...

Bettina von Hagen

United States of America (Portland, OR)

Chief Executive Officer, Ecotrust Forest Management

Bettina von Hagen serves as CEO of Ecotrust Forest Management (EFM), a for-profit subsidiary of non-profit Ecotrust, based in Portland, Oregon. EFM provides forestland investment management services through its investment funds which are focused on acquiring and managing temperate rainforests in the US for high-quality timber, capital appreciation, job creation and ecosystem services. EFM also serves as the placement agent for Ecotrust’s New Market Tax Credit allocation which helps finance nat...

David J. Vidal

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Fellow, Initiative on Sustainability, The Conference Board, Inc.

David J. Vidal is senior fellow, The Conference Board Initiative on Sustainability. Since joining The Conference Board in 1997, he has initiated and been responsible for research and program development in corporate citizenship and sustainability, corporate responsibility, corporate philanthropy, community engagement, and corporate security and pandemic preparedness. He led the production of more than 60 studies, reports, newsletters and articles spanning these issues, and served as publisher of...

Paul Scott

United Kingdom (London)

Managing Director, CorporateRegister.com Ltd

Paul has been involved with environmental, CSR and sustainability reporting since the early 1990’s, following five years working in literature documentation for the German Federal Office of the Environment in Berlin. He has developed dozens of reports including many of the first environmental and CSR reports in the UK, developed reporting guidelines, and been a member of several reporting judging panels. For over 10 years he was a member of the ACCA UK Reporting Awards panel, and was the UK re...

Sean Holt

Canada (Toronto, ONT)

Co-Founder and Partner, Purpose Capital

Sean Holt is a co-founder and partner at Purpose Capital, where he works with organizations, investors, foundations, and financial institutions to design and implement strategic expansion and investment initiatives. Sean leads the firm’s impact banking practice, where he works with established ventures and fund managers to structure and execute transactions across the financial spectrum.

Tania Carnegie

Canada (Toronto, ONT)

National Executive Director, Community Leadership, KPMG Toronto

Tania Carnegie established and leads KPMG’s Community Leader strategy, which focuses the firm’s resources and knowledge to drive social change and sustainability. The Community Leader strategy follows a venture philanthropy model, which identifies and prioritizes social needs in KPMG communities, and directs the firm’s expertise and funding to enhance the effectiveness of partner not-for-profit organizations. Tania serves as a member of KPMG’s G20 Global Corporate Citizenship Group, ...

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of TBLI – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Christine Looney

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Program Investment Officer, PRI, Ford Foundation

Christine Looney serves as the foundation's senior program investment officer. She is responsible for managing Ford's $280 million Program-Related Investment Fund, which is housed in the foundation’s Financial Assets unit. In this role, she initiates, structures and monitors Ford's program-related investments across the foundation to align with and complement program strategies and goals. Before joining the Ford Foundation in 2001, Christine was president of the Urban Business Assistance Corp...

Brinda Ganguly

United States of America (New York, NY)

Associate Director, Impact Investing, Rockefeller Foundation

Brinda Ganguly joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008. As an Associate Director, she manages the Foundation’s Program Related Investments (PRI) portfolio and works on the Harnessing the Power of Impact Investing initiative, which seeks to catalyze an efficient industry that can deploy investment capital to complement philanthropy in solving social challenges at scale. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Ms. Ganguly was a Vice President in Citigroup’s Corporate Bank, where she addressed corpor...

Amy M. Bell

United States of America (New York, NY)

Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Social Finance

Amy Bell is an Executive Director and Head of Principal Investments for J.P. Morgan’s Social Finance business unit, which provides financial services to the growing market for impact investments, meaning those investments made with intent to generate impact alongside a financial return. Amy manages the group’s principal investment portfolio, which seeks to earn a reasonable rate of return alongside of achieving positive impact on low-income and excluded populations around the world. Deals co...

Laurie Giddins

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Vice President, Partnership for New York City Fund

Ms. Laurie J. Giddins serves as Senior Vice President at New York City Investment Fund Manager, Inc. Ms. Giddins leads the Partnership Fund’s investments in non-profit and social businesses and in the retail and tourism and media and entertainment sectors. Ms. Giddins ran an independent consulting firm, providing advisory and interim executive management services to start up and early stage businesses and nonprofit ventures. Previously, she held senior level business development and marketing ...

Vicente Escriva

United States of America (New York, NY)

Organization Development Advisor, Pilot Projects Design Collective LLC

Organization Development Advisor - returned from the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan to do graduate work in Urban Policy Analysis. He has worked on numerous organizational development projects, primarily focusing on AIDS prevention and youth empowerment. He has a Masters of Science in Urban Policy Analysis from Milano, The New School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from SUNY Purchase.

Cate Ambrose

United States of America (New York, NY)

President and Executive Director , Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA)

Cate Ambrose is President and Executive Director of the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA), a non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting the growth of the private equity and venture capital industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. She speaks and writes regularly on a range of topics related to public policy and private investment in Latin America, and is a regular commentator on CNN En Español. Cate is also a special advisor to the board of AM...

Angelica Rotondaro

Brazil (Sao Paolo, SP)

Managing Director of the University of St.Gallen hub for South America, Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland) - Organization and Culture Institute

Angelica is the managing director of the University of St.Gallen hub office for South America and a consultant for sustainability programs with focus on value chain analysis, south-south trade, inclusive business, and sustainable construction. In 2010 she worked on the organization and implementation of an impact assessment and analysis focusing on income generation for SIPPO (Swiss Import Program) in communities of small coffee producers in the Peruvian Amazon. From 2001 and 2006 she was the e...

Elena Panaritis

United States of America (Washington DC)

Founder, Panel Group

Elena Panaritis is an institutional economist, property rights expert, and social entrepreneur. In more than a decade as an economist at the World Bank, Ms. Panaritis spearheaded several institutional reforms including property rights reform in Peru that received International Best Practice and Innovation award. Her book "Prosperity Unbound: Building Property Markets with Trust" (Palgrave Macmillan) recounts her experience and expounds on her methodology- “Reality Check Analysis”, which is...

Nadia Sood

United Kingdom (London)

Founding Member and Partner, Impact Investment Partners LLP

Nadia Sood is a founding member and Partner of Impact Investment Partners, LLP. IIP invests in critical goods and services companies in emerging markets that deliver significant social impact at scale. Nadia was previously Executive Vice-President for South Asia at a leading international renewable energy company with $1.75 billion of assets under management. Nadia has initiated a number of private-public partnerships over the course of her career including a PPP with the UNDP to built out one o...

Andrea Christie Pizziconi

United States of America (New York, NY)

Principal, The Christie Company/Africa Integras Holdings Ltd.

Andrea Pizziconi is the Founder and Principal of the Christie Company, a mixed-use development company specializing in sustainable development projects anchored by educational facilities with current and past projects in the US, the UK, the Caribbean, and Africa. She is also the Managing Director of Africa Integras Holdings Ltd, a private equity vehicle managed by Christie that invests in higher education infrastructure public-private partnerships in selected countries in Africa. Ms. Pizzicon...

Peter Johnson

United States of America (Stamford, CT)

Partner, Developing World Markets

Peter Johnson is the manager of the capital markets team and is responsible for the origination of structured opportunities, fund development and investor relations. He also serves as the relationship manager for certain investments. He is a member of the DWM Credit Committee and Investment Committee. From 1994 through 2004, Peter co-managed DWM I Fund, L.P., the firm's legacy activity, with Judy Kirst-Kolkman, which participated in over 350 IPOs and Secondary Offerings on local emerging mark...

Beth Lowery

United States of America (Fort Worth, TX)

Senior Advisory, Head of Sustainability, TPG Capital

Beth Lowery joins TPG as a Senior Advisor for Environment and Sustainability after a 20 year career with General Motors Company where she was a member of GM’s Senior Leadership Group as Corporate Vice President, Environment, Energy & Safety Policy and Secretary to the Public Policy Committee of the GM Board of Directors. She also served as General Counsel for GM—North America. Beth has held various Executive positions, including Senior Knowledge Leader and a Principal of GreenOrder at LRN...

Lee Coker

United States of America (Washington, DC )

Project Manager, Geballe Fellow, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Lee Coker is a Project Manager in the Corporate Partnerships Program at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a leading national nonprofit organization. Lee manages EDF's Green Returns initiative with KKR, The Carlyle Group, Oak Hill Capital Partners and other leaders in the private equity sector to identify opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and build more valuable, competitive companies. Most recently, Lee led the creation, development and communications surrounding EDF’s ESG Manageme...

Nell Derick Debevoise

United States of America (Maitland, FL)

Principal, Inspiring Capital LLC

Nell Derick Debevoise is the founder of Inspiring Capital LLC, which uses practical experience, analysis, and theory to help entrepreneurs and investors develop, fund, and launch socially-minded ventures. Previously, Nell was the founding director of Tomorrow's Youth Organization, a nonprofit that promotes social and economic development through programs for children and women in the Middle East. Her insatiable curiosity has earned her degrees from Harvard College, Columbia and London Business S...

Daniel A. Spitzer

United States of America (Buffalo, NY)

Partner, Cleantech Practice Group Leader, Hodgson Russ

Mr. Spitzer concentrates his practice on a variety of issues involving environmental law, renewable energy, sustainable development, land use law, municipal law, and real estate development. His practice involves numerous renewable energy projects, including representing municipalities, developers, land owners, and financing entities. His work, from project inception through successful litigation, includes some of the largest wind farms in the eastern United States, and he has also worked on lan...

Carter Bales

United States of America (New York, NY)

Chairman and Managing Partner, NewWorld Capital Group, LLC

Carter F. Bales, Chairman & Managing Partner, co-founded NewWorld in June 2009. Before NewWorld, he was Managing Partner Emeritus at The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C., a private equity firm focused on the information industries in the United States. He co-founded Wicks in 1989 and was a Managing Partner until assuming the Emeritus title in August 2006. While at Wicks, he served on the Investment Committee and the Boards of Directors of most Wicks portfolio companies. He also played an active ...

Billy Parish

United States of America (Oakland, CA)

Founder and President, Mosaic

Billy co-founded and grew the Energy Action Coalition into the largest youth organization in the world focused on clean energy and climate solutions. Billy developed a proposal to create a Clean Energy Corps to produce 5 million green jobs, which shaped the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the largest green investment in U.S. history. He has been honored as a Rolling Stone magazine "Climate Hero," an Utne Reader "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" and was elected as a Fell...

Brian Walsh

United States of America (New York, NY)

Executive Director, Liquidnet For Good, Liquidnet For Good

Brian Walsh works at the intersection of social impact and business value. As Executive Director of Liquidnet For Good, he oversees corporate impact for Liquidnet, the New York-based global institutional trading network. In 2007 Brian helped launch Liquidnet For Good, which is re-imagining the total impact that a company can have in support of the common good. The mission of Liquidnet For Good is to leverage the full range of the company's resources - human capital, technology, creative capital,...

Beau Seil

United States of America (San Francisco, CA)

Managing Partner, Unitus Impact

Beau has been highly involved in the social enterprise and impact investing space for the last five years. As a Principal at Montara Point Investments, he worked with Geoff Woolley in connection with his global investment and management responsibilities related to venture leasing, microfinance, and impact investing. Immediately prior to the launch of Unitus Impact, Beau was a Principal at Capital Impact, where he worked extensively on the Sorenson Housing Opportunity Fund, a private equity fund ...

Maya Chorengel

United States of America (Seattle, WA)

Managing Director, Elevar Equity

Maya Chorengel co-founded Elevar, one of the most seasoned, commercially-focused impact investing equity funds, in 2008. She grew up in Asia, has long been active in international investing and is passionate about bottoms-up solutions to development challenges. Maya entered the impact investing space in 2004 as the Managing Director of the Dignity Fund, an investment fund that provided local-currency loans and guarantees to commercially oriented, high-growth MFIs throughout the developing world....

Harlan Mandel

United States of America (New York, NY)

Chief Executive Officer, Media Development Investment Fund

Harlan Mandel is CEO of Media Development Investment Fund a mission-driven investment fund providing low-cost financing to independent news media in countries with a history of media oppression. With investments in over 90 media companies in more than 30 countries, MDIF has provided more than $125 million in financing - including over $110 million in debt and equity investments - critical to the growth of many of the developing world’s preeminent newspapers, radio stations, TV stations and dig...

David Wedick

United States of America (Bethesda, M.D.)

Business Development Manager, MicroVest Capital Management

Mr. Wedick is the Business Development Manager at MicroVest, joining the team in 2009. He is responsible for researching, structuring and launching new investment vehicles and raising capital. He actively participates in strategic planning, financial modeling and market research. Mr. Wedick has over ten years of financial experience with a focus on equity research, microfinance and mobile banking. He has three years experience working in Tanzania initiating and managing a successful micro-loan a...

Tensie Whelan

United States of America (New York, NY)

President, Rainforest Alliance

Tensie Whelan serves as Executive Director of the Rainforest Alliance. She has been involved with the Rainforest Alliance since 1990, first as a board member, later as a consultant, becoming the Executive Director in 2000. Whelan served as the Executive Director of the New York League of Conservation Voters from 1992 until 1997, prior to which she was Vice President of Conservation Information at the National Audubon Society. Whelan also worked as a journalist and environmental communications co...

Christian del Valle

Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Managing Partner , Althelia Ecosphere

Christian del Valle is a founder and managing partner with Ecosphere Capital Limited and the Althelia Climate Fund GP, dedicated investment platforms for financing sustainable land-use and ecosystem conservation. Previously, Christian served as Director of Environmental Markets & Forestry with BNP Paribas, where he led the bank's movement into the terrestrial carbon space, with a particular focus on community-based REDD+ in Africa and Latin America. Whilst there, he oversaw the execution of o...

Bruno Mariani

Brazil (Trancoso Porto Seguro, BA)

Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Symbiosis Investimentos e Participações Ltda.

Business Administration graduate from Universidade Candido Mendes - Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, and executive MBA programs at Wharton University of Pennsylvania and IMD - International Institute for Management Development, Switzerland. Worked for 20 years at Banco BBM SA, a partner and executive director for the last 10 years. He was responsible for the International department and Asset Management department, and president of BBM Investmentos LTDA, BBM Bank (Nassau) and BBM Securities (New York...

Brando Crespi

France (Paris)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pro-Natura International

Sarah Houghton

Switzerland (Châtelaine)

North America Task Force Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Martin Rapaport

United States of America (New York, NY)

Chairman, Rapaport Group

Martin Rapaport is a leading advocate for fair trade jewelry and an ethical diamond industry (www.diamonds.net/fairtrade). In 2000, during the war he visited Sierra Leone amputee camps and played a leading role in the establishment of the Kimberley Process – an international agreement controlling the flow of rough diamonds. He also financed the first digger’s cooperatives in coordination with US-AID. Rapaport believes that the key to sustainable economic development lies with the private sec...

Diana de Castro

United States of America (Phoenix, AZ )

Principal, Ascenda LLC

Committed to business solutions that drive social and environmental change, Diana is a consultant for impact investment and social entrepreneurship. Formerly an international private banker, she spent 15 years in New York City working with high net worth individuals and family offices from Latin America, providing comprehensive global wealth management services. Diana began her career in private banking at Delta National Bank in New York City. In 2000, she joined Barclays Private Banking as ...

Pierre Kladny

Switzerland (Gland)

Managing Director, ValleyRoad Capital Inc

Entrepreneur for 18 years, Pierre Kladny founded four companies in technology and consumer goods. He later joined Lombard Odier as Senior VP. Today Pierre is Founder and Managing Partner at a boutique PE and M&A firm, ValleyRoad Capital, serving high net worth individuals and family offices in impact investing. He is a specialist in private equity for wealthy families.

Rodolfo Fracassi

United Kingdom (London)

Co-Founder and Director, MainStreet Partners

Rodolfo founded MainStreet Partners (MSP) in 2008 as a catalyst for impact investments in micro, small and medium businesses across the globe. MSP is now an independent financial boutique that provides institutional investors and private banks with tailored solutions to effectively deploy capital in the impact investing area and achieve their targeted mix of social, environmental and financial returns. Prior to this he served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, in charge ...

Brian Berkopec

United States of America (New York, NY)

Partner, Openbox

Midwestern by birth, global by choice, I currently reside in NYC after a 20-year business career focused on building and growing US companies internationally. I have lived and worked in places such as Quito, La Paz, Paris, and Amsterdam. I most recently worked in Paris for Chesapeake Corporation and its private equity owners Irving Place Capital & Oaktree Capital. As Managing Director, Continental Europe, I restructured Chesapeake's operating footprint and repositioned its business model to rega...

Yvonne Beri

United States of America (New York, NY)

Managing Director Strategic Business Development, Silver Leaf Partners, LLC

Yvonne Beri, is a thirteen year veteran in devising and implementing strategic business development programs for alternative investment managers, cleantech companies, and financial services firms. Prior to entering the financial industry Yvonne Beri was the President of a Walker Horticultural Services, a successful and innovative environmental landscaping company which transformed traditional landscapes in to socially responsible ones. Yvonne Beri holds a B.A. in Industrial Design from the M...

Eve Ellis

United States of America (New York, NY)

Portfolio Manager, Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Eve Ellis, principal of The Matterhorn Group of Morgan Stanley, a full-service wealth advisory group for individuals and institutions, is a portfolio manager of The Parity Portfolio, a capital markets portfolio that invests solely in companies with significant female representation on their boards. Eve is a CFP, CIMA, Accredited Investment Fiduciary, and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. As a member of the Executive Committee of the board of the Ms. Foundation for Women, Eve says, "The Parity P...

Mariela M. Vargova

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Sustainability Analyst, Rockefeller & Co.

Mariela Vargova, Ph.D., is a Senior Sustainability Analyst with the Sustainability and Impact Investing team at Rockefeller Financial Asset Management. She conducts environmental, social and governance evaluation of public equities for investment consideration and is responsible for the corporate engagement strategies and dialogues. Prior to joining Rockefeller Financial in 2005, Mariela had an extensive academic experience in the social sciences, and before that she worked in Eastern Europe on ...

G. Benjamin Bingham

United States of America (Philadelphia)

Founder and CEO, 3Sisters Sustainable Management LLC

Mr. Bingham assisted in the formation and founding of the company after more than a decade managing investment portfolios. Starting in 2000, he developed a unique portfolio management strategy for socially conscious investors at Legg Mason and Citigroup/Smith Barney. Motivated to help a network of social entrepreneurs and philanthropists who were dissatisfied with the lack of direct positive impact found in mutual funds or screened portfolios, Mr. Bingham changed his emphasis to positive s...

Stephen Viederman

United States of America (New York, NY)

Board, Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

My vocation is Grandparenting. In addition to loving and caring for my own grandchildren, Grandparenting involves my active commitment to insure that they, and all children, have options to live a full and satisfying life in an equitable, just, peaceful and environmentally sound world. My occupation is writing, speaking and advocacy on a wide range of issues to meet the obligations of my vocation. These include: redefining the fiduciary duty of foundations and other institutional investors, rec...

Darragh Gallant

United States of America (Boston)

Director, Institutional Relations, North America , Sustainalytics

Darragh Gallant is Managing Director, U.S. and Director of Institutional Relations, North America for Sustainalytics. In her role, Darragh is responsible for managing operations in the US, and for directing business development, sales, marketing and client relations in North America. Darragh has 14 years of experience within the responsible investment industry in the U.S. Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Darragh directed marketing and client relations for KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., and ...

Larry Abele

United Kingdom (London)

Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Auriel Capital Limited

Larry Abele is one of the founding partners of Auriel and focuses his efforts on developing the equity market neutral program. Prior to founding Auriel Capital in 2004, Mr. Abele was a managing director at Deutsche Asset Management, where he pioneered a global investment program as Head of the Quantitative Strategies and Portfolio Engineering Group. Prior to joining DeAM in 2000, he worked as a researcher at Barclays Global Investors. Mr. Abele started his career at First Quadrant working as res...

Rosanna Grimaldi

France (Paris)

Executive Director, Global Relationship Manager, STOXX Ltd.

Rosa Anna Grimaldi leads the Pension funds and Consultant business on a global base for Stoxx, Dax, and Six indices and is the main contact for sustainability indices. She is responsible for the sale of licenses to financial institutions to issue related indexing products. Rosa Anna Grimaldi actively supports the licensees' efforts to bring the indices and index products closer to institutional and retail investors. She develops and maintains relationships with key clients in her markets to rai...

Andre Bertolotti

United States of America (New York, NY)

Managing Partner and Chief Investment officer, Quotient Investors LLC

Mr. Bertolotti is CIO and Director of Investment Strategy. He is responsible for investment strategies, product development and research initiatives. Prior to co-founding Quotient Investors, Mr. Bertolotti was Director of Investment Strategy and Research at DIAM USA, Inc., and co-founder and CIO at Innovest Capital Management, Inc. Prior to Innovest in 1996, Mr. Bertolotti was a Senior Consultant with BARRA Inc., a quantitative research firm specializing in risk models and optimization. Mr. Bert...

Jenny Everett

United States of America (Washington, DC)

Associate Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

Jenny is the Associate Director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a global network of innovative organizations that propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The network's members provide critical financing and business support services to small and growing businesses (SGBs) that create significant economic, environmental and social impacts in developing countries. ANDE’s 170 plus members have operations in 150 emerging market countries. In her capacity as Associate ...

Thomas Cauchois

Brazil (São Paulo)

Chief Executive Officer, Brazil Plus Investment Management Ltd.

Mr. Cauchois is the CEO of Brazil Plus, providing small and medium size (SME) company business credit to over 15,000 companies in Brazil for the past five years. He has 20 years experience investing in emerging markets throughout Latin America and eastern Europe, with 14 years of investing experience in Brazil, his exclusive focus today. He has a B.S. from the University of California and an S.M. from M.I.T.

David Arison

Israel (Tel Aviv)

Director of Global Business Relations, Miya, Arison Investments

David Arison is Director of Global Business Relations at Miya, Arison Investments global water company, and is a Board member of Arison Investment, the business arm of the Arison Group, and The Ted Arison Family Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Arison Group. Aged 29, David has served in several positions at Miya since 2008. Currently, as Director of Global Business Relations, he is responsible for strengthening and managing the company’s associations worldwide, specializing on the U...

Maria Cavalcanti

Brazil (Belo Horizonte)

Managing Partner, FIRST Brazil Impact Investing Fund

Maria Cavalcanti is a Managing Partner at FIRST Brazil Impact Investing Fund. FIRST focuses on Growth Equity for Small and Mid-Size Enterprises with products and services that benefit at least one million Brazilian BoP individuals. Ms. Cavalcanti has over 20 years of senior-level experience in business strategy design and implementation, management consulting and investment. Prior to the establishment of FIRST, Maria was the Chief Strategy Officer at Avina Foundation where she spearheaded the In...

Lalarukh Faiz

United States of America (Washington, DC)

Senior Partnerships Advisor, State Department Office of Global Partnership Initiatives

Lalarukh (Lala) Faiz serves as the Senior Partnerships Advisor in the U.S. Secretary of State’s Office of Global Partnership Initiatives. She leads GPI’s Investing With Impact initiative and manages other economic growth partnerships. Previously, she served as a USAID Foreign Service Officer where she developed new business opportunities through public-private partnerships in emerging markets such as Colombia, Ecuador and South Africa and structured credit guarantees to increase access to ru...

Dawn Ford

United States of America (New York, NY)

Founder and President, Capital Craft, Inc

Dawn Ford is Founder and President of Capital Craft, Inc. It is an associated group of Silver Leaf Partners, LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a member of the FInancial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and a member of SIPC. Ms. Ford holds the FINRA Series 7 license. Since 2001 Ms. Ford has raised in excess of $2.5 billion for complex hedge fund strategies from institutional investors in the US, Europe, and Asia. While Head of Business Develop...

Olga Emelianova

United States of America (New York NY)

Vice President, ESG Research, MSCI

Olga Emelianova leads the North American ratings research team at MSCI ESG Research. She specializes in analyzing issues and companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector, overseeing the research of sector team analysts in 11 offices globally. She has 12 years of experience in environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and performance monitoring. Until December 2009, she was a Director of Project Services at the International Center for Corporate Accountability, a not-for-profit group ...

Bruce M. Kahn

United States of America (New York, NY)

Portfolio Manager Global Equity Portfolio , The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Bruce has over 25 years of experience in environmental and investment research and management. Currently, Bruce is the Portfolio Manager of a Global Equity portfolio which focuses on agribusiness and sustainable agriculture. Previously, Bruce was a Director in Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division where he acted as an investment strategist conducting high-level analytical research on sustainable investing including clean tech, water and agricultural-based investment strategies as well as E...

K. Stuart Peskin CFA

United States of America (Boston MA)

Investment Specialist - Multi-Asset Strategies, Standard Life Investments USA Ltd.

Brian Walsh

United States of America (New York, NY)

Executive Director, Liquidnet For Good, Liquidnet For Good

Brian Walsh works at the intersection of social impact and business value. As Executive Director of Liquidnet For Good, he oversees corporate impact for Liquidnet, the New York-based global institutional trading network. In 2007 Brian helped launch Liquidnet For Good, which is re-imagining the total impact that a company can have in support of the common good. The mission of Liquidnet For Good is to leverage the full range of the company's resources - human capital, technology, creative capital,...

Vince R. Molinari

United States of America (New York, NY)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GATE Technologies

As founder and chief executive officer of GATE Technologies, Mr. Molinari has been the driving force behind GATE’s mission to create new market infrastructure that brings transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to the unstructured global alternative asset markets. He is responsible for GATE’s strategic planning and business initiatives, including corporate alliances and strategic partnerships. His vision is based on a core belief that “actionable knowledge” drives investments, and that t...

Geoffrey Lipman

Belgium (Rhode St Genèse)

Founder, GATETrip

Geoffrey Lipman is Director Greenearth. President International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP), Visiting Professor at Victoria U. Australia and Oxford Brookes U. UK and a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council. Prior to this he held top posts at the International Air Transport Association, the World Travel & Tourism Council & UNWTO, the World Tourism Organization. He has served on Boards and Advisory Committees of public & private sector groups in Africa, Europe, Midd...

Fran Seegull

United States of America (Bethesda, MD)

Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, ImpactAssets

Fran Seegull is Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director at ImpactAssets—a non-profit investment firm seeking to increase the flow of capital to impact investing. She oversees firm product development and heads investment management for The Giving Fund—a $95 million impact investing donor advised fund. Previously, Seegull was Managing Director/COO of Funk Ventures, a VC firm investing in clean technology, sustainability and medical technologies. Seegull has a BS in Economics fro...

Jodi Smits Anderson

United States of America (Albany, NY)

Director Sustainability Programs, Office of Executive Initiatives, Dormitory Authority State of New York (DASNY)

Jodi Smits Anderson is the Director of Sustainability Programs for the Dormitory Authority, State of New York. She is an architect, LEED Accredited Professional in the Building Design + Construction specialty, AIA member, served as the 2012 Chairman on the Board of the NY Upstate Chapter of the USGBC and serves as on the national board Chapter Steering Committee. She has spoken throughout NY State on green building and sustainable choices, trained contractors, worked with a talented and knowledg...

Jonathan F.P. Rose

United States of America (New York, NY)

President, Jonathan Rose Companies LLC

Jonathan F.P. Rose's career has been dedicated to integrating positive economic, environmental, and social outcomes. In 1989, Mr. Rose founded Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a multi-disciplinary real estate investment, development, planning, and consulting firm, as a leading green urban solutions provider. The firm has successfully completed over $1.5 billion of real estate projects aimed at building value for its investors and clients, and the communities in which it works. Mr. Rose has been ...

Steven Turner

United States of America (New York, NY)

Chief Legal Officer, First Sustainable LLC

Steve Turner, based in New York, NY has been a practicing capital markets transactions lawyer for over 20 years primarily advising major U.S. and European banks and financial institutions in the areas of derivatives, structured products and private equity, having worked as internal counsel for Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Turner had previously worked in private practice as part of the securitization group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Mr. Turner is a co-founder and...

Marc Makebakken

United States of America (New York, NY)

Manager and Chief Investment Officer, Southwest Property Strategies LLC

Mr. Makebakken is the Manager and Chief Investment Officer of the Partnership. He is the owner of MS Development Holdings, LLC, a full service development company headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. MS Development Holdings LLC has 12 entity LLC's under its management umbrella. Mr. Makebakken has managed over $300 million on a managed account basis for private investors in more than 25 holding companies and limited liability corporations. He is a 25-year veteran of the real estate and construction ind...

Bob Bragar

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, Strategies for Impact Investors

Bob Bragar is a strategic consultant and international lawyer. He helps impact investors and practitioners develop strategies to promote growth and reduce risks, including systems to manage legal exposures. Bob Bragar is a thought-leader, acting as chair and speaker at international conferences on inclusive finance and poverty alleviation. He is the founder of the webinar series, www.LocalVoice4Development.org, dedicated to highlighting the achievements and challenges of local leaders on m...

Michael J. Van Patten

United States of America (Riverside, CT)

Founder and President, Mission Markets Inc.

Michael is the Founder, President and Executive Chairman of Mission Markets Inc. and leads strategic and business development efforts. He is considered an impact and sustainability capital markets innovator and is responsible for guiding Mission Markets’ financial and technological innovation and applying it to the impact and sustainability sectors. Michael has over 20 years of experience on Wall Street and has been integrally involved in the design and implementation of private placement a...

Sebastian von Stauffenberg

United States of America (Washington, DC)

Chief Executive Officer, MicroRate, Inc.

Sebastian von Stauffenberg is CEO of MicroRate, Inc. He manages the ratings services of all three regional offices as well as its investor services. Recently he helped launch Luminis – the first microfinance fund information platform for investors. Since joining MicroRate in 2003, he has served as the General Manager of the Latin American & Caribbean office in Lima, Peru. At the end of 2008, Sebastian returned to MicroRate’s headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area and was appointed as Mana...

Donna Katzin

United States of America (New York, NY)

Executive Director, Shared Interest

Donna Katzin is the founding Executive Director of Shared Interest -- an impact investment fund that has benefited more than 2 million low-income black South Africans since 1994. She previously served as Director of South Africa and International Justice Programs for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, which coordinated institutional investors; efforts to exert economic pressure to end apartheid, promote responsible reinvestment after its demise, and advance social criteria for ...

Tim O'Shea

United States of America (San Francisco, CA)

Chief Executive Officer, CleanFish LLC

Much of Tim’s personal and professional life has focused on how best to use market forces to achieve a better world. Responding to the growing seafood crisis, he knew that we needed a commercial venture strong enough to successfully champion responsible artisan producers who were committed to sustainable practices while, at the same time, producing seafood of the highest quality. As the result of decades of hard work, Tim co-founded CleanFIsh in 2004. Working with world-renowned chefs and othe...