Social Investment Forum Board News

October 6, 2006

 

Capital Campaign Grows!

The Forum’s Capital Campaign continues to surge ahead, putting our goal of $400,000 ever more closely within reach. Thanks to the generosity of our members, we now have gifts and pledges totaling $336,825! Please see the list of donors to your right—and add yourself (or your firm/organization) to the list, if you are not already acknowledged, by making a contribution today!
You can make a gift online at www.socialinvest.org/capitalcampaign or by sending a check to the Social Investment Forum, Capital Campaign, 1612 K St., NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006.

We greatly thank our generous members for their commitment to SRI, to the Forum, and to our shared mission. The Capital Campaign is helping the Forum move to the next level of development through the hire of our first CEO and it will lay the groundwork for expanding our programs and benefits and for attracting new members. In the years ahead we are planning to increase the clout and the reach of the SRI industry through the further development of our messaging and communications, expansion of our research, and by increasing our role in public policy issues related to the SRI industry. We appreciate our members’ partnership in bringing the Forum to this new level of growth and opportunity.

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Forum Hires First CEO—Lisa Woll

On August 15, 2006 the Forum announced with great enthusiasm the hire of our first CEO, Ms. Lisa Woll.

Lisa Woll most recently served as executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation. She was also director of government relations and public affairs for the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, director of Save the Children (Washington Operations), and director and author of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Impact Study. She founded Suited for Change, and served in the Congressional office of former Congressman Lee Hamilton of Indiana
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Her strengths include helping guide organizations in transition in order to enhance their overall impact, create more effective internal structures, and better define missions and visions. She has published articles and a book, been a public speaker and worked extensively with members of the news media.

Woll earned a BA in political science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, an MA in public policy and women’s studies from George Washington University and was a Fulbright Fellow at Deakin University in Australia.

The SIF Board and Search Committee unanimously chose Ms Woll because she brought, by far, the best blend of experiences in association management, transition management, advocacy and investment expertise at an executive level. She has personal and retail investment experience and a history of investing in an SRI manner through funds and individual securities.

Special thanks to the Search Committee: Reggie Stanley, chair; Frank Coleman, Christian Brothers Investment Services; Greg Garvan, Money with a Mission/FAFN; Elizabeth Glenshaw, Calvert Foundation; Tom Kuh, KLD Research & Analytics; Amy Muska O’Brien, TIAA-CREF; Cheryl Smith, Trillium Asset Management Corporation.

Important Election Mailing & Bylaws Update

Members have been mailed our SIF Board Election Packet that includes our Annual Report—and that this year also includes board-recommended bylaws changes needed for the organization’s hire of a Chief Executive Officer.

The election and votes on the bylaws changes will take place both by mail and at the Forum’s Annual Meeting at the SRI in the Rockies Conference at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO, on October 29, 2006.

Program Highlights
Forum News Contents

Capital Campaign Sponsors

Forum Hires First CEO

Important Election Mailing and By-Laws Update

SIF PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS »

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SIF Capital Campaign Progress