IEN Working Groups meet regularly to advance key strategies in support of the network's goals. Below, is a brief description of the current Working Groups. Some are intended to be long-standing, while others form around specific tasks for a short period of time. If you are interested in participating in existing Working Groups, or forming new ones, please contact us.
- Chair: Heidi Welsh, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2)
- Dan Mitler, Senior Associate, Shareholder Engagement, Ceres
- Ophir Bruck, Senior US Network Manager, Principles for Responsible Investment
- Sebastian Brinkmann, Head of Business Development, TruValue Labs
- Theodore Casparian, Founder, Sustainable Investing 4 All
- Stuart Dalheim, VP, Shareholder Advocacy, Calvert Investments
- Alice DonnaSelva, Investment Consultant, Prime Buchholz & Associates
- Amy Dine, Director of Advocacy, Terra Alpha
- Christi Electris, Senior Associate, Croatan Institute
- Bennett Freeman, Principal, Independent Consultant
- Gabe Rissman, Student, Yale University's Dwight Hall SRI Fund
- Tim Smith, Director of ESG Shareholder Engagement, Walden Asset Management
- Stephen Viederman, Chair, Finance Committee, Christopher Reynolds Foundation
- Todd Walker, Trustee, Green Mountain College
More details on the Shareholder Engagement Working Group page.
Fiduciary Duty & Policy
Developing documents and other vehicles to clarify for higher education trustees how sustainable investing strategies relate to their fiduciary duties, designed for audiences of trustees, presidents, CIO's, and CFO's.
- Chair: Keith Johnson, Chairman, Institutional Investor Legal Services, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
- Jonathan S. Klavens, Senior Counsel, Klavens Law Group, P.C.
- Stephen Viederman, Chair, Finance Committee, Christopher Reynolds Foundation
- Susan Gary, Professor, University of Oregon Law School
- Valentina Glaviano, Director of Endowment and Foundation Services, TIAA
- Sarah Clevland, CEO, Sarah Cleveland Consulting
- Theodore Casparian, Founder, Sustainable Investing 4 All
- Don Trone, Founder & CEO, 3 Ethos
More details on the Fiduciary Duty & Policy Working Group page.
Trustee Peer-Learning Group
Connecting trustees to create opportunities for peer-to-peer learning among college and university fiduciaries on sustainable investing.
- Joseph Biernat, Trustee, Gettysburg College
- David Dinerman, Trustee, Hampshire College
- Mike Fiorio, Trustee, Northland College
- Don Gould, Trustee, Pitzer College
- George Hanley, Trustee, University of Dayton
- Dick Hurd, Trustee and Chair, Investment Committee, Hampshire College
- Peter Kinder, Trustee, Green Mountain College
- Anthony Rust, Trustee, Warren Wilson College
- Joan Steel, Trustee, Loyola University Chicago
- Carl Vance, Chief Investment Officer, Lewis & Clark College
- Valerie Wayne, Board of Directors, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
More details on the Trustee Peer-Learning Group
Student-Managed Investment Funds
This Working Group connects student managed fund advisors, academics focused on sustainable investing, and students involved in student-managed funds to share best practices and resources to advance sustainable investing curriculum and strategies in each fund.
- Eban Goodstein, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
- Kathy Hipple, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
- Asli Ascioglu, Bryant University
- Mike Phillips, California State University Northridge
- Maureen Downey, Claremont McKenna College
- Shannon Mudd, Haverford College
- Tucker Cadow, Middlebury College
- Robert Engel, Middlebury College
- Cecilia Chapiro, New York University
- Brendan Culliton, New York University
- Sara Minard, Northeastern University
- Kaustubh Bansal, Northeastern University
- Connie Dayina, Northeastern University
- Loretta Gallegos, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Abby Ivory, University of Utah
- Liesel Schwarz, Villanova University
- Russell Heller, Yale University
- Cary Krosinsky, Yale University
- Gabe Rissman, Yale University
More details on the Student-Managed Investment Funds Group
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Educating and supporting endowments in considering DEI factors at all levels of the investment process.
- Chair: Lisa Hayles Vice President Boston Common Asset Management
- Chair: Henry Lancaster, Consultant HBCU Green Fund
- Meredith Benton, Lead, Whistle Stop Capital, LLC
- Felicia Davis, Director, HBCU Green Fund & Clark Atlanta University
- Dianne Dillon Ridgley, Trustee, Green Mountain College
- Art Frazier, Director of Facilities, Spelman College
- Dennis Johnson, CIO, TIAA
- Hannah Lucal, Racial Justice Investing, Open Mic
- Phuong Luong, Financial Planner, Just Wealth
- Henry McKoy, Director of Entrepreneurship, North Carolina Central University
- Donna Morton, CEO, Change Finance
- Robert Raben, Founder & President, The Raben Group
- Anthony Rust, Trustee, Warren Wilson College
- Tara Wadhwa, Associate Director, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
- Justin Wilson, Attorney, Diverse Asset Management Initiative (DAMI)
- Julianne Zimmerman, Managing Director, Reinventure Capital
More details on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Group
To see a list of IEN's past Working Groups, click here.