Chairman, Founder & Chief Impact Investment Officer
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, Us
Founded and acted as Senior Portfolio Manager, and most recently Chief Impact Investment Officer, responsible for asset selection and community development research of the CRA Qualified Investment Fund and separate accounts since inception through May 2015, investing over $6B in community development. Select Achievements▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬✓ Named among “20 Rising Stars of Fixed Income,” Institutional Investor, May 2008.✓ Integral role in highly distinguished asset growth during tenure, increasing AUM to $2B.✓ Created proprietary software system to allow for tracking, management and measurement of community development assets, investors, and social reporting metrics. ✓ Responsible for community development investing on behalf of bank shareholders resulting in 100% success ratio on over 1,000 public performance evaluations. ✓ Led various investment initiatives on behalf of the Fund and separate accounts, including Small Business Initiative to invest $50MM; Gulf Coast Redevelopment Initiative of $100MM; Rural Community Development Initiative of $100MM; and Hurricane Sandy Initiative of $100MM. ✓ Created one of the first Healthy Communities and Green/environmentally-friendly high credit quality portfolios in the industry. ✓ Part of the team to pioneer cutting-edge investment management process leveraging a research method which combines ESG/impact research with financial analysis. Assisted in the creation and launch of successful new investment strategies.✓ Created add-on to proprietary system to enable merging of financial and ESG data.