Advisory Board
We are so pleased that the following individuals have become part of our valued inner circle.
Andrew Bellak brings a unique combination of trading experience, business acumen, and personal passion for SRI to all of his work. His Wall Street career started in 1993, when he began trading equity options. In 2007, Andrew and a colleague incubated an investment portfolio called The Sustainable Fund, which focused on three main global needs: alternative energy, clean water, and sustainable agribusiness — using options as part of the core strategy. Andrew started his own business consulting firm in 2002, Stakeholders, Inc., which specialized in issues of corporate responsibility. Andrew also co-organized the first-ever Pioneer Valley Sustainable Investment Summit in summer 2008. The organizers share a common interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investing (SRI). Over 60 area representatives attended from all sectors of society: private, public, non-profit, and social venture organizations. Andrew has a BA/BS from the University of Virginia and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He holds the FINRA Series 65 Investment Advisor registration.
Jennifer Einhorn is a communications strategist who has worked in the social justice, arts and health activism arenas for twenty years. She is the Director of Communications for the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, and is the former Director of Communications for the Astraea Foundation, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and MAMM magazine (the publication for women with breast and reproductive cancers). As principal of Einhorn Communications, she has designed media and investment campaigns, and served as an opinion piece writer and spokesperson. Jennifer has secured coverage for clients in venues including: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, The New Republic, Time, Entertainment Weekly, People; and on CNN, NBC Nightly News, NPR and the BBC.
Catherine Johnston is an international development consultant who combines strong managerial and technical skills with a passion for alleviating poverty through equitable economic growth and the empowerment of small and medium enterprises. Catherine brings a comprehensive approach to private sector development in challenging environments, including expertise in access to finance, improving the business enabling environment, value chain development, and enterprise growth. She has supported businesses and microfinance institutions in Afghanistan, Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, and Morocco. Catherine teaches Microenterprise Development at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. She has a B.S. in Sociology of International Development from Cornell University and a Masters in Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Terry Mollner is one of the pioneers of socially responsible investing as a new asset territory in the professional investment community. He is a founder and member of the board of the Calvert Family of Socially Responsible Investment Funds. Dr. Mollner is also the Founder and President of Trusteeship Institute, Inc., a think tank and consulting firm in economic and social development. In existence since 1973, its current focus is on the development of “common good corporations”, business corporations where the highest priority is the common good of humanity and nature.
He also stepped in to keep Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. from being bought by Nestle and eventually facilitated the company being bought by Unilever, his minority partner in his earlier effort to buy the company himself. He now sits on that board which has primary responsibility for the social mission and brand integrity of Ben & Jerry’s.
His latest book, The Love Skill: Welcome to the Relationship Age! will be available soon. He is also one of the founders and chair of Stakeholders Capital, Inc., a socially responsible asset management firm in Amherst, MA, and Chair of yourolivebranch.com a website designed to unite and assist peace, environmental, and social activists around the world.
Brynne Speizer A graduate of Wellesley College, Brynne Speizer is currently the Director of Growth Strategy and Development for Citizen Schools Caliofornia. Previously led fundraising efforts for City Year and Junior Achievement in Silicon Valley, and earned her MBA in nonprofit management from Brandeis University.
C.A. Webb has thirteen years experience working for a variety of mission-driven start-ups and rapidly growing organizations. Most recently, she was the marketing director at Preserve, the leading maker of performance-driven and stylish 100% recycled household products. C.A. has also worked with the Private Label group at Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas, served as Managing Director of the Trinity Boston Foundation and worked in marketing and business development for Fast Company Magazine and Boston Collegiate Charter School. C.A. is a cum laude graduate of Wellesley College and earned her MBA at the Simmons School of Management.
Fiona Wilson has professional experience in for-profit, not-for-profit and academic environments around the world. She joined the faculty of Simmons College School of Management in January of 2002 where she currently teaches courses in business strategy, marketing, social and environmental sustainability, and social entrepreneurship in the MBA and Executive Education programs. Her research is focused on “socially conscious capitalism”, examining mission-driven organizations which embed earned income (through the sale of goods and/or services) into their core approach.
Previously, Fiona spent a 15 year career working in global strategic marketing firms, including several roles at Ogilvvy & Mather Advertising in the UK and Spain, and as VP of Marketing for CMGI, a prominent Internet incubator and holding company. Fiona serves on the board of Strong Women Strong Girls, and is an advisory board member to a number of entrepreneurial and social ventures including Chop Chop, Big Tent.com, and CMN Design. She holds an MBA from the Simmons School of Management and a Doctorate of Business Administration in Strategy and Policy from Boston University’s School of Management.
Jackie Vanderbrug is Managing Director at Criterion Ventures where she manages multiple programs including Structure Lab and Women Effect Investments. With an MBA and a diverse career path, Jackie has worked in multiple sectors on youth education, strategic management, organizational change, social impact investing, marketing and much more. Her background spans working with Fortune 500 companies to launching start-up social ventures. Her work with Criterion Ventures led to the creation of Good Capital and has now lent a stronger voice for investing with a gender lens to the social capital market space.