Billy Bean is Vice President and Special Assistant to the Commissioner for the Major League Baseball (MLB).
Paula DeLaurentis is the chief retail officer of Folio Financial and CEO of The SRI Conference and Community. She was recently named one of the Top 100 Women in FinTech, and brings over 25 years of experience serving retail investors through digital advice and online investing solutions. She is also passionate about helping women excel in their careers, build wealth, and achieve financial freedom. While at LendIt, the world's largest fintech conference, she spearheaded its women's initiative, working to leverage LendIt's platform to increase the number of women in FinTech. While at TD Ameritrade, she launched the highly successful "Save Yourself" program in partnership with Suze Orman Media. Save Yourself is a brokerage and retirement savings plan designed to meet the unique needs of women.
Bobby Blair is Founder and CEO of LGBTQ Loyalty.
Andrew Braun is a Portfolio Manager of the Pax Large Cap Fund at Impax Asset Management LLC and is a Senior Vice President at Pax World Funds. He is also a member of the portfolio management team of the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund.
Prior to joining the firm in 2017, Andy was Managing Director on the Value Equity Team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he led a team of 30 portfolio managers and analysts. Andy joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a Product Development Associate in the Product Development Group in 1993. He was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2001 and served as Co-Chief Investment Officer from 2008 to 2014. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Andy was a Financial Analyst in the Corporate Finance Division at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.
Andy has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Economics from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Darryl Celkupa is Vice President of the Retail Channel at Matthews Asia, responsible for the firm’s efforts with individual investors and their platforms. Previously Darryl was responsible for business development efforts among independent advisors (RIAs) and family offices. He also co-chairs the firm’s Sustainability Committee. Prior to joining Matthews Asia in 2013, Darryl oversaw business development for Envestnet Tamarac, a leading provider of investment management software to the RIA community. He also worked at Russell Investments where he oversaw RIA strategy, business development and marketing. Earlier in his career, he held executive roles with Prudential Investments, INVESCO Funds Group and Warburg Pincus Funds. Darryl earned an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. in Sociology from Princeton University.
Kathlyn Collins is an ESG Analyst at Matthews Asia. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Kathlyn worked as an ESG & Global Strategy Analyst with Cartica Management LLC where she developed ESG integration and analyzed investments for portfolios, conducted company research and engagement, and wrote reports relating to Emerging Markets. She earned an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an M.A. in Italian Studies from Middlebury College in Florence, Italy. Kathlyn has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, Italian Language, Literature & Culture from Syracuse University. She has been part of the faculty for the International Corporate Governance Network’s (ICGN) ESG integration course and is a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) credential holder. She is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and speaks Italian and Spanish.
The Queen Of Abs, Santia Deck is a history-making Professional Female Football Player and Social Media Influencer with over 500,000 loyal and engaged followers. A former track and field collegiate athlete, Santia recently made history by becoming the highest-paid woman to play professional football - signing a multi-million dollar deal with the WFLA. Santia is a published author, a fitness model, TV personality, Social Media Consultant, Public Speaker, and a TV host. She also maintains her fitness trainer certification and offers a variety of services to celebrity clients and her wide-ranging community of online supporters.
Santia Marie Deck was born in Greenville, SC and raised in Houston, TX. She now resides in Atlanta, GA and travels often. Santia has been running full speed after her dream of success since childhood. Now, she works tirelessly to inspire and empower young people, women and others with her determination and passion.
Warrick Dunn is a former NFL running back and a three- time Pro Bowl selection, known for his success both on and off the field.
Dunn’s football career began at Florida State University. In 1997, Dunn was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played for the Bucs for five years before signing with the Atlanta Falcons in 2002. Six seasons later, in 2008, he re- turned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his final season.
After a 12-year career, Dunn retired and in 2009 was ap- proved by NFL owners to become a limited partner of the Atlanta Falcons.
Dunn is as well known for his philanthropic endeavors as he is for his success as a professional football player. Warrick Dunn Charities, established in 2002, improves lives through innovative programming inspired by Dunn’s life journey.
Warrick started Homes for the Holidays, a program of the Charities, in 1997 during his rookie year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The program is a tribute to his mother, Betty Smothers, a Baton Rouge police officer who as a single-mother of six worked tirelessly to achieve the Ameri- can dream of owning her own home. While working a second job as a security guard, she was killed in the line of duty and was never able to realize that dream.
To date, the program has rewarded over 172 single parents and over 465 dependents for achieving first-time homeownership nationwide, including in Atlanta, Georgia; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baltimore, Maryland; Dallas, Texas; Topeka, Kansas; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Jacksonville, Tampa and Tallahassee, Florida.
In 2013, Dunn graduated with his EMBA from Emory University and also was selected to join the first class of NFL Legends.
Barney Frank is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He was the Executive Assistant to the mayor of Boston from 1968-1970; he was the Administrative Assistant to former Congressman Michael Harrington from 1971-1972 and a Massachusetts State Representative from 1973-1980. Mr. Frank was a US Congressman, representing the 4th District of Massachusetts from 1981-2013. As Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, from 2007-2010, he was the co-author of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the regulatory overhaul signed into law in July 2010. In 1987 he became the first Member of Congress voluntarily to acknowledge that he is gay, and in 2012 became the first
sitting Member of Congress to marry a same-sex partner, James Ready. He has written two books: Speaking Frankly, in 1992, a critique of some aspects of the Democrats approach to public policy; and a political memoir published in 2015 titled “Frank: From the Great Society to Same Sex Marriage.” The book was nominated for a Triangle Award and co-won the Randy
Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction. He has also written chapters in two other books, one on LGBT rights and more recently on the response to the financial crisis. He has taught at Harvard, Boston University, the University of Massachusetts Boston and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Before joining government, he was a political activist, including his participation as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964.
George R. Gay CFP, AIF is chief executive officer of First Affirmative Financial Network and a member of the firm's investment committee.
Mr. Gay grew up on a family farm near what was then a heavily polluted Lake Erie. He recalls being admonished to “keep his head out of the water” when swimming to avoid getting sick. He credits that lasting memory as one of his inspirations for embarking on a career in SRI.
After graduating from West Point, and after handling the financial management of the “city part” of an army base for six years, he earned his Certified Financial Planner designation. Here his lifelong interest in environmental protection intersected with his passion for investing, and he became the portfolio manager of an environmentally-focused mutual fund in the early 1990s.
He has produced and hosted The SRI Conference since 1990, and has served on the board of directors of the Social Investment Forum for more than a dozen years. He was also the recipient of the industry's 1997 "SRI Service Award."
Mr. Gay is a 1974 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point; he served on active duty for nine years in various command, staff and faculty assignments as an Armor officer.
Born and raised in North Minneapolis, Devean George developed a strong drive to succeed at an early age. His parents worked two jobs to send their son to high school at Benilde-St. Margaret’s, and he pushed himself physically and mentally to become a college basketball player. Devean went on to become a standout at Augsburg College, and was named MIAC Most Valuable Player for two consecutive years (1997-98, 199899). In 1999, George made history and overcame enormous odds when he became the first-ever NCAA Division III basketball player selected in the first round of the NBA draft, by the Los Angeles Lakers.
In his first three seasons with the Lakers, the team won the NBA Championship. Throughout his 11-year NBA career, Devean played seven seasons with the Lakers, three with the Dallas Mavericks, and one with the Golden State Warriors. During his career in the NBA, Devean demonstrated his dedication to making a positive impact on children and families. In each city he lived, Devean became involved in programs serving inner city youth. It was during this time that Devean developed the vision for his own nonprofit, and in 2011 he founded Building Blocks with the mission of combatting generational poverty by creating high-quality and self-sustaining housing, business, and recreational opportunities.
Today, George’s post-NBA career combines this dedication to service with his passion for real estate. In 2009, he established George Group North, a company that specializes in both affordable and market-rate multi-family residential development, mixed use projects, and property redevelopment. He serves as the company’s President and C.E.O. and the President of Building Blocks. Past and current development projects include Marketplace & Main in Hopkins, featuring 63 apartments and 7 townhomes; Commons at Penn, a 47-unit mixed-use apartment complex in North Minneapolis; Penn Avenue Union, a 64-unit mixed-use apartment complex. And numerous single-family properties in the Twin Cities area.
Sheryl Grant helps executives, entrepreneurs, and ambitious women achieve more! According to Sheryl, “Just because you’re getting older doesn’t mean you have to look like it, feel like it or let it slow you down!” After winning the international Ms. Olympia fitness championship over the age of 50, Sheryl realized transforming her body began with transforming her mind. She since has developed and launched a proprietary program, F.I.T. for Business, that helps leaders get more out of business, career, and life: (F)aith helps you believe the right things, (I)ntuition helps you make the right decisions, and (T)enacity gives you the strength to keep improving.
Sheryl is the Founder and CEO of Sheryl Grant Enterprises, LLC, a company focused on transformation from the inside out through its three programs: Manage Up - which focuses on helping women advance their careers by transforming themselves, Kinect Dots - soon to be the Bay Area’s leading networking incubator launching in January 2019, and F.I.T. for Business which is launching a global tour that includes stops in Atlanta, Toronto, Charlotte, London, Kuwait, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Cairo in 2019.
Previously, Sheryl served as the Executive Director for The Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), which has graduated over 300 women social entrepreneurs from over 30 countries and delivered Transformational Leadership Training Programs that focus on creating gender equality and economic empowerment for women and girls around the globe. Sheryl currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce.
Sheryl has also served as the President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Oakland/Bay Area Chapter where she wrote the curriculum for the Positive Steps Girls Program (girls 12-17) which focuses on mentoring, and leadership development in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). In this leadership role she raised over a $500K to support the organization's advocacy work around women and girls which included Positive Steps, Sistah’s Getting Real About HIV/AIDS and Financial Literacy Awareness. These programs helped to promote and pass legislation to support the rights of women and girls nationwide.
Emily Lee is Vice President, Business Development, at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds. Emily has deep roots in the financial industry, having held positions with Trillium Asset Management, LPL Financial, Wellington Management Company and Putnam Investments before joining Impax in 2019. She is based in California.
Emily is a member of Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy (WISE). She holds the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 6 and 63 registrations. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in history with a
minor in environmental science at Willamette University.
Emily Lee is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.
David Loehwing is Vice President, Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset
Management LLC and Pax World Funds.
He is responsible for environmental, social, and governance-related research on prospective and current investments and leads the construction and management of the Impax Sustainability Score. He is also a member of the Impax Gender Analytics Team.
David has worked in the sustainable investing field since 1998. Before joining the firm, Mr. Loehwing served as Senior Social Research Analyst at Citizens Advisers, and as a Senior Account Manager at the Investor
Responsibility Research Center (IRRC). He is also a former member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Advisory Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) and the Sustainable
Investment Research Analyst Network’s (SIRAN) steering committee. David is a graduate of Bowdoin College.
John Streur is President and Chief Executive Officer of Calvert Research and Management, an investment management firm that specializes in responsible and sustainable investing across global capital markets. Calvert serves all types of investors through its family of mutual funds and separate accounts. Mr. Streur is also President and a Trustee/Director of the Calvert Funds and a Director of Calvert Foundation and member of its Risk Oversight Committee.
Since joining Calvert as CEO in 2015, Mr. Streur has restructured Calvert with focus on investment research and emphasis on environmental, social and governance factors integrated with investment decisions. He has guided the creation of the Calvert Principles for Responsible Investing and the Calvert Research System, as well as the development of the Calvert Responsible Investment Index Funds.
Mr. Streur began to focus his energy exclusively on responsible and sustainable investing in 2012, as President, Director and Principal of Portfolio 21, a boutique investment management firm specializing in global environmental investing. Previously, he spent 20 years at Managers Investment Group LLC (and its predecessor), a firm he co-founded and where he served as President, CEO and Chair of the Investment Committee. He was also President and Trustee of the firm’s fund family, Managers Funds and Managers AMG Funds. Managers Investment Group LLC grew to over $30 billion in assets under management and offered investment strategies across global equity, debt and derivative markets. Mr. Streur has managed socially responsible investments at the request of institutional clients, including public funds, religious institutions, and college and university endowments since 1991.
Mr. Streur is a founding member of the Investor Advisory Group for the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a group of leading asset owners and asset managers committed to improving the quality and comparability of sustainability related disclosure by corporations for use by investors. He is also a member of Merck’s External Sustainability Advisory Council. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin; Bachelor of Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Sheryl Swoopes is a former Professional Basketball Player who won three Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards (2000, 2002, and 2005) and four WNBA titles (1997–2000) as a member of the Houston Comets.
After being named the 1991 national Junior College Player of the Year, Swoopes transferred to Texas Tech University. There she won the National Player of the Year award in her senior season as she led the Lady Raiders to the 1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship (where Swoopes set a record for most points scored in the title game, with 47).
She joined the Comets before the WNBA’s inaugural campaign in 1997, and she helped the team win that season’s WNBA title. Swoopes and the Comets reeled off three additional championships in the next three years, the last of which (in 2000) came after a regular season in which she scored a career-high 20.7 points per game and won the league’s MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards. Swoopes won both the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards again in 2002. She repeated as Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 after leading the league in steals per game, and in 2005 she became the league’s first three-time MVP.
In 2017 Swoopes returned to Texas Tech University, serving as director of player development for the women’s basketball team before being named an assistant coach.
Swoopes was a five-time All-WNBA first-team selection, and she won three Olympic gold medals as a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team (1996, 2000, and 2004). She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Vivek Tanneeru is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews Asia and manages the firm’s Asia ESG and Asia Small Companies Strategies. Prior to joining Matthews Asia in 2011, Vivek was an Investment Manager on the Global Emerging Markets team of Pictet Asset Management in London. While at Pictet, he also worked on the firm’s Global Equities team, managing Japan and Asia ex-Japan markets. Before earning his MBA from the London Business School in 2006, Vivek was a Business Systems Officer at The World Bank and served as a Consultant at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and Citicorp Infotech Industries. He interned at Generation Investment Management while studying for his MBA Vivek received his Master’s in Finance from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science in India. He is fluent in Hindi and Telugu.
A first round draft pick and Super Bowl Champion, Benjamin Watson is a true talent and an offensive force in the NFL. While in high school in South Carolina, Benjamin was a standout athlete. His talents afforded him a place on the Duke University football team and later with the University of Georgia. In his senior year, Benjamin was selected as an NCAA preseason All-American and an All-SEC selection at UGA. He was also named the Bulldogs’ offensive captain for the season and was honored as an All-SEC selection by numerous publications after a stellar season, capped off by touchdown receptions in both the SEC Championship game and the Capital One Bowl.
It is no surprise that Benjamin was a first round NFL draft selection. The New England Patriots knew he was a special talent and selected him as the 32nd overall pick. He has been a powerhouse in the NFL ever since. Known for his speed and astounding athletic ability, Benjamin is widely recognized for what is considered “the most amazing play of the entire 2005-2006 NFL season” – a remarkable run to deny a touchdown in a critical playoff game.
After six successful seasons with the Patriots, Benjamin landed with the Cleveland Browns where he continued to be a dominating force, leading the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. As an NFL veteran, Benjamin has been a key playmaker for teams such as the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and currently, the New Orleans Saints. With 530 receptions and nearly 6,000 yards in his career, Benjamin has been a model of consistency and talent through his 15 years in the league.
Benjamin’s passion for football mirrors his passion for giving back. Understanding just how blessed he is, Benjamin and his wife Kirsten established their foundation, One More. One More is a non-profit organization dedicated to impacting the lives of those in need by providing enrichment opportunities and promoting education through charitable initiatives and partnerships. Benjamin holds annual events such as The Big BENefit Christmas Toy Giveaway, Thanksgiving Turkey Drop, School Givebacks and much more. Benjamin also partners on numerous events and projects with the International Justice Mission, working to end sex trafficking.
In 2015 & 2017, the NFL recognized Benjamin for his incredible philanthropic efforts by naming him a Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist. Benjamin also received the prestigious 2017 Bart Starr Award. Off the field accomplishments for Benjamin also include being cast in The American Bible Challenge, participating in the 14th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Fest, speaking at the Pentagon, Liberty University, SXSW and being named one of CNN’s Most Extraordinary People of 2014.
In 2015 Benjamin wrote several powerful essays on cultural topics; his most notable outlined his thoughts on racial tension in America and became an internet sensation, reaching over 44 million. This Facebook post was the catalyst for Benjamin to write his first book, Under Our Skin, which garnered critical acclaim and eventually led to the release of his highly anticipated second literary work, The New Dad’s Playbook.
Benjamin’s uncanny ability to objectively address controversial topics in such an eloquent manner has placed him on major TV networks, such as ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, the Christian Broadcasting Network, and the Dr. Phil Show to share his opinions. Benjamin has also spoken on current events at schools, churches, and conferences across the country.
Benjamin’s talents on and off the field, coupled with his down-to-earth personality, have paved the path to a very bright future post-NFL. In 2018, Benjamin announced he would be retiring after 15 seasons in the NFL, along with a surprise in-game touchdown celebration announcing that he and his wife are expanding their family, expecting twins in spring of 2019. To only shock the world once more, Benjamin returned to the NFL for one final season. Joining the New England Patriots in 2019, Benjamin was able to give it all his got and close out a chapter in his life once and for all.
Mr. Carson is Co-Founder and Partner at FVLCRUM Funds, a CRA Eligible Lower-Middle Market Private Equity firm based in Washington DC, where he is responsible for the overall strategy of the company and its portfolio. FVLCRUM is one of the few minority-owned private investment firms in the country and targets transactions between $10-40 million backing proven executive teams leading highly scalable businesses. The fund exclusively invests in minority owned businesses with the goal of creating generational wealth for the executive teams and substantial economic opportunity for minorities.
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