Impact Investing Advisory Council
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago has created an Impact Investing Advisory Council (IIAC) to help harness emerging, innovative financial resources available to the social sector as more investors seek ways to use business and capital markets to effect social change. Bringing together some of the best thought leaders in business, finance, law and marketing, the IIAC supports our efforts to effectively explore, evaluate and engage these new revenue streams to maximize our ability to deliver innovative, sustainable programs to improve the lives of all women and their families.
With the support of the IIAC’s leadership and insight, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago partnered with non-profit investment manager and ETF issuer Impact Shares to create the Impact Shares YWCA Women’s Empowerment Exchange Traded Fund (Ticker: WOMN) which launched on the New York Stock Exchange on August 27, 2018.
Our FY20 IIAC members are:
Tom Alexander
Founding Partner
Holistic
Leslie Anderson
SVP, Business Banking—U.S. Head of Treasury and Payment Solutions
BMO Harris Bank
Carmin Awadzi
Founder and CEO
Magnolia Custom Homes
Patti Barnett
Head of Internal Audit – US Region
CIBC US
Gerald Beechum
Managing Partner
White Cornus Lane Investments
Susan L. Beverly
Senior Director, Sustainability & Shared Impact
Abbott
Dorothy Bossung, CFP, CIMA, CPWA, RMA
Executive Vice President
Lowery Asset Consulting
Julia Bristow Briggs
Principal
Smart to the Top™
Beth Burns, CPC
Investment Program Manager, Client Consultant, Associate Partner
AON Hewitt Investment Consulting
William Campbell
Principal
Slayton Lewis
Alejandra Castillo, JD
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA USA
Jim Casselberry
Chief Investment Officer
4S Bay Partners, LLC
Al Chaney
Principal
Chaney Marketing Strategy, LLC
Yolanda Daniel
Financial Services Industry Executive
Fellow of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship
Dana Earles
Treasurer
Options Clearing Corporation
Zed Francis, Jr.
Portfolio Manager
SpiderRock Advisors
Rodrigo Garcia, CTP, AIF
Deputy Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer
Illinois State Treasury
Ilyce Glink
CEO and Founder
Think Glink Media/Best Money Moves LLC
Seth Green
Founder Director/Executive Lecturer
Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business
Toya Griffin
Chief Financial Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Tina Herrera
Senior Director, Sharper Granite LLC
Vice Chair, YWCA USA National Board of Directors
Kym Hubbard
Board Director
State Auto Financial Corporation and PIMCO Funds
Mary Christine Jackman
Robert Johnson, Esq.
Chief Economic Inclusion Officer and General Counsel
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Kirstin L. Jones
Finance Analyst
The Obama Foundation
Kerry Jordan
Chief Operating Officer
D’Orazio Capital Partners
Ryan Klaus
Innovative Finance Analyst
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane
Executive Director
Thirty Percent Coalition
Carolyn Leonard
Founder and CEO
DyMynd
Danielle Levitt
Executive Director
Leading Women Executives
Tara Leweling
Vice President, Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Thought Leadership
Allstate
Kai Mayahara
Co-Director of Professional Development
University of Chicago Impact Investing Group
Megan McCann
CEO & Founder
McCann Partners
Kim McGarry
Global Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
Morningstar
Dorri McWhorter
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Edgartt J. Melton, PMP, CSM, CISA, CRISC, CFE
CEO
7th Echelon LLC
Mary Lee Montague
Managing Partner
Montague & Associates
Abdur Nimeri, Ph.D.
Senior VP, Sr. Investment Strategist, ETF Group Asset Management
Northern Trust
Emily Nordquist
Senior Program Manager, Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business
Jill O’Donovan
Chief Innovation Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Priya Parrish
Managing Partner
Impact Engine
Trak Patel, CPA, PCIP
Accountant
ARCC Consulting
Greg Petersen
Chief Administrative Officer
Keystone Alliance
Allison Pink
Director
USB Financial Services, Inc.
Jabari Porter
Ethan Powell, CFA, CPA
Founder and President
Impact Shares
Gillian Robinson
Social Enterprise Professional
Robert Rose
Executive Director
Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA)
Therese Rowley
Chief Executive Officer
The Conscious Business Network
Julie Scott
Chief Executive Officer
CTS Holdings
Beverley Sibblies, CPA
Chief Executive Officer
BAS Financial Corp.
Molly Silverman
Chief Strategic Engagement Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Amy K. Singh, Esq.
Attorney
Law Offices of Amy K. Singh, P.C.
Stephen Skardon, JD
Senior Advisor and Council, City of Chicago
Office of the Mayor
Joan Steel
Founder and Managing Principal
Alpha Wealth Advisors, LLC
Karen Tulloch
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
ITW
Paroo Uppal
VP, Innovation Consulting
Klick Health
James White
Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Lord Abbett & Co. LLC
Rekha Vaitla
Deputy Director – Corporate Governance & Sustainable Investment
Illinois State Treasurer
Kristina VanLiew, CIMA
Managing Director — Wealth Management
Graystone Consulting
Sharon Zackfia, CFA
Partner
William Blair