Cheryl Smith Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

Managing Partner at premier sustainable and responsible investment advisor. Trillium Asset Management, LLC, a pioneer and leader in the social investment industry, is the oldest independent investment management firm in the U.S. exclusively devoted to sustainable and responsible investing. We serve institutional and individual clients, providing personalized service, an investment discipline providing consistent and competitive returns, and a deep commitment to advancing environmental sustainability, social justice and human rights through innovative investment, research, and advocacy.We believe companies with strong social and environmental profiles are better managed for the long term, have lower risk profiles, and are positioned to outperform their peers. Our investment philosophy recognizes a mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive, relationship between competitive returns and promoting social and economic justice. We engage directly, through shareholder engagement and advocacy, and indirectly, through allocating capital to companies and sectors with positive economic, ecological, and social impact.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Oikocredit USA is the United States arm of Oikocredit, a worldwide financial institution that promotes global justice by empowering disadvantaged people with credit. A global cooperative based in the Netherlands, Oikocredit aggregates investor money from people in the developed world and then re-distributes those investments to creditworthy microfinance institutions in the developing world. Oikocredit works with partners in more than 70 countries and has grown to be the largest private financier of microcredit in the world

Member of Board of Trustees; Chair of Investment Committee; Member of Audit Committee

Washington, Dc

Board of Trustees for US SIF, the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, (formerly the Social Investment Forum), 2005-2008; Chair 2008 - 2010. US SIF is the the only national membership association dedicated to advancing the concept, practice, and growth of socially and environmentally responsible investing (SRI). Our members integrate economic, environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions and US SIF provides programs and resources to advance this work.SIF's membership includes more than 500 social investment practitioners and institutions, including financial professionals, analysts, portfolio managers, banks, mutual funds, researchers, foundations, community development organizations, and public educators.

Company is now known as Walden Asset Management, a division of Boston Trust and Investment Management Company. Vice President and portfolio manager, specializing in socially responsible investment managent for institutional and high net worth clients.

Assistant Professor of Economics; Member of Faculty Senate. Research and teaching in macroeconomics, monetary theory, international finance, and the history of economic thought.

Ph.D., Economics

Activities and Societies: National Science Foundation Fellow, 1977-1980; Acting Instructor, 1981-1982Ph.D. dissertation on Theories.

Bsfs, International Economics

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, National Merit ScholarSchool of Foreign Service, concentration in International.

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Symphonic Band; Marching Band