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 FY23 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
Head of Worldwide External Relations & Strategic Partners
Amazon
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
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
Blair duQuesnay, CFA, CFP
Investment Advisor
Ritholtz Wealth Management
Dana Earles
Treasurer
Options Clearing Corporation
Zed Francis, Jr.
Portfolio Manager
SpiderRock Advisors
Rodrigo Garcia, CTP, AIF
Ilyce Glink
CEO and Founder
Think Glink Media/Best Money Moves LLC
Seth Green
Dean, Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
University of 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
Treasurer
City of New York
Kirstin L. Jones
Finance Analyst
The Obama Foundation
Kerry Jordan
Chief Operating Officer
D’Orazio Capital Partners
Ryan Klaus
Masters of Public Affairs Student
Princeton University
Michelle L. Kosmin
Tax Managing Director | Chief of Staff – Tax Leadership
Deloitte Tax LP
Sabrina Lamb
Founder and Executive Director
World of Money
Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane
Executive Director
Thirty Percent Coalition
Carolyn Leonard
Founder and CEO
DyMynd
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
President & CEO
YMCA 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
Director of Early Stage Membership
1871
Jill O’Donovan
Impact Advisor
YWCA USA
Marvin Owens
Chief Engagement Officer
Impact Shares
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.
Cynthia Plouche
Independent Board Director, Northern Funds/Northern Institutional Funds
Northern Trust
Jabari Porter
Chief Investment Officer
Metanoia Capital
Ethan Powell, CFA, CPA
Founder and President
Impact Shares
Gillian Robinson
Social Enterprise Professional
Robert Rose
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.
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
Rekha Vaitla
Director of Portfolio and Risk Analytics
Illinois State Treasurer
Kristina VanLiew, CIMA
Managing Director — Wealth Management
Graystone Consulting
James White
Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Lord Abbett & Co. LLC
Sharon Zackfia, CFA
Partner
William Blair