Geeta Aiyer, CFA, Board of Directors of the Sierra Club Foundation; and President and Founder, Boston Common Asset Management

Geeta Aiyer combines training and experience in finance with passion for the environment and social justice. Under Geeta’s leadership, Boston Common, now over $2 billion in assets under management, has built a strong investment record and substantially improved the policies and practices of portfolio companies through shareowner engagement since the firm’s inception in 2003.  Geeta previously served as the President of Walden Asset Management, and has worked at both the United States Trust Company of Boston and Cambridge Associates, Inc. In addition, Geeta has founded two previous companies, Walden Capital Management, and East India Spice, as well as an NGO, Direct Action for Women Now (DAWN). Geeta was honored with the 2013 SRI Service Award at the SRI Conference and was the 2010 recipient of the Women’s Venture Fund’s Highest Leaf Award. Geeta serves on the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club Foundation, Earthworks, YW Boston, and Ubuntu at Work, a global non-profit for women.  She was formerly on the boards of the Worldwatch Institute and the New England Foundation for the Arts. An activist in her personal life, Geeta attended the Keystone Pipeline Rally in 2013 and engages for peace, immigration reform and chemical safety. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and BA (Hons) and MA degrees from Delhi University, India.