Draft Agenda - Intentionally Designed Endowment Forum at Arizona State University 

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Thursday, January 15           

1:00 PM         Welcome Remarks & Introduction

• Rick Shangraw, CEO, ASU Foundation for a New American University 
• Tony Cortese, Principal, Intentional Endowments Network 

1:30 PM         Dialogue Session 

• Moderator: Liz Michaels, Chief of Staff, Aperio Group
• Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments
• Tom Kuh, Executive Director, MSCI
• Adam Seitchik, Chief Investment Officer, Arjuna Capital

2:45 PM         Dialogue Session 

3:15 PM         Break

3:30 PM         Peer Profiles: Stories from Campuses across the Spectrum

• Steven Sterman, Senior Portfolio Manager, University of California

3:40 PM         Panel: Investment Risks and Strategies: The Climate Case and Beyond

• Moderator: Chris Davis, Director of Investor Programs, Ceres
• Matthew Fitzmaurice, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, EcoAlpha Asset Management
• Karina Funk, Large-Cap Sustainable Growth Co-Portfolio Manager, Brown Advisory
• Ken Locklin, Managing Director, Impax Asset Management

4:30 PM         Dialogue Session

5:00 PM         Peer Profiles: Stories from Campuses across the Spectrum 

• Robert Nava, President, San Francisco State Foundation / Vice President University Advancement, San Francisco State University

5:15 PM         Sunset walk 

6:10 PM         Reception

7:30 PM         Dinner Keynote (dinner sponsored by Perella Weinberg Partners)

• Keynote Address: Kate Gordon, Executive Director, Risky Business Project

           

Friday, January 16

7:30 AM         Breakfast

8:00 AM         Keynote Address

• Sustainability and Higher Education: Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University 

9:00 AM         Dialogue Session

9:15 AM         Panel: Sustainable Investing and The Responsible Fiduciary  

• Moderator: David Dinerman, Trustee, Hampshire College; and Chief Financial Officer, ZoMazz, Inc.
• Keith Johnson, Chairman, Institutional Investor Legal Services, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
• Garvin Jabusch, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Green Alpha Advisors 

10:15 AM       Dialogue and Break 

11:00 AM       Peer Profiles: Stories from Campuses across the Spectrum

• Richard Bookbinder, Investment Committee member & Senior Advisor to Alex Brown Student Investment Program, Washington College

• Moderator: Bob Litterman, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Commonfund; and Chairman, Risk Committee, Kepos Capital, LP
• Alice DonnaSelva, Consultant, Prime Buchholz
• Erik Haskel, Managing Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners
• Tom Mitchell, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

12:10 PM       Lunch

3:30 PM         Adjorn