Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing
When advisers attend industry conferences, they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given the demographics of the financial services sector. That is, unless the conference focuses on social impact investing.
There are the women who founded firms focused on impact investing, including Andrea Turner Moffitt, who started Plum Alley Investments; Patricia Farrar-Rivas, a founding principal and the CEO of Veris Wealth Partners; and Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital.
Then there are the women controlling foundations and pension money and moving it in the direction of socially responsible investing, including Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, and Cheryl Eason, the deputy executive officer and chief financial officer of CALpers...