Sarah Bratton Hughes is the Head of Sustainability, North America. Her responsibilities include leading the sustainability strategy and ESG integration in North America. She joined Schroders in 2011 and is based in New York. Previously, Sarah was an Investment Director at Schroders which involved supporting and representing the Schroders Sustainability Team as well as the Schroders US Small Cap and Schroders US Small & Mid Cap investment capabilities to clients and prospective clients. She was also responsible for ESG integration in North America. Sarah was an Associate Product Manager at Schroders from 2014 to 2017, which involved supporting the US Equities teams and representing the Schroders US Small & Mid Cap and Schroders US Large Cap investment capabilities to clients and prospective clients. She was a product executive on the same team from 2011-2014. Prior to joining Schroders, Sarah was a Senior Analyst Investment Performance at JP Morgan Asset Management from 2010 to 2011, which involved supporting investor and client inquiries relating to investment performance reviews. She was also a Client Service Associate at JP Morgan Chase from 2007 to 2010, which involved monitoring and implementing new account openings as well as maintenance of existing accounts. Qualifications: BA in Economics from St. Francis College; BSc in Business Management from St. Francis College.

Venus Phillips is an investment director at The Kresge Foundation. She joined the foundation in 2019. Previously Venus served as head of public markets at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, where she was involved with managing investments for the global automaker’s U.S. and Canadian pension funds. Venus has also held positions with Morningstar Inc., the University of Chicago Investment Office, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, she earned an MBA at the University of Chicago, a bachelor’s degree in finance from Howard University, and holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. She serves on the finance committee of the Hudson-Webber Foundation, a private foundation created to support community initiatives across the city of Detroit.

Dr. Savage was named one of the 35 Innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review for her civic tech research. She recently also won a 2.5 million dollar NSF grant to study A.I. systems to help rural workers to develop their digital skills to access better jobs and fight disinformation. Dr. Savage's work has been featured on major news outlets, such as: the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Vice News and the New York Times. Dr. Savage also frequently publishes at top conferences and journals, such as ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, the Web Conference, AAAI ICWSM, where her research has also won honorable mentions. Saiph has opened the area of Human Computer Interaction in rural West Virginia, and has advised Governments in Latin America to adopt Human Centered Design to deliver better services to citizens. Her research helped push the creation of a Federal Advisory Committee in Mexico for exponential technology. She frequently collaborates with Mexico's Federal Government to research systems that are used throughout the nation. Dr. Savage has shared her research with Latin American presidencies, European Government officials, the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as established civic organizations, such as the Organization of American States (OAS), the National Democratic Institute, the Atlantic Council, the Carnegie Council, the Aspen Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Through these collaborations, she has designed human centered solutions to impact underserved citizens and organizations (e.g., rural adults, civic institutions in the Global South, or gig workers). Saiph was a visiting professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), currently, she directs the HCI Lab at WVU and co-directs the UNAM Civic Tech lab, where she is designing intelligent platforms that help citizens to produce collective action to fight disinformation. She holds a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from UNAM, a masters and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has worked at the University of Washington, and Intel Labs. She has also experience being a tech worker at Microsoft Bing, and a crowd research worker at Stanford.

Kristine joined NEPC in 2008, with investment experience dating back to 2002. Kristine is a member of NEPC’s Endowment and Foundation consulting practice and focuses on leading research efforts for our philanthropic clients. She works with clients on developing investment policies, conducting asset allocation studies with a focus on integrating spending requirements, investment manager due diligence, and research projects. Kristine is a member of NEPC’s Women’s Leadership Forum and the Co-Head of NEPC’s Impact Investing Committee. Kristine is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on the topic of Impact Investing. She is often featured and quoted in industry publications, including Institutional Investor. Most recently, she published an Op-Ed in Wealth Management titled “New Decade, New Fundamentals for Investing” defining three pillars that will be the largest drivers of investment success: sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and innovation. Prior to joining NEPC, Kristine was employed at Wellington Management Company, LLP working as a Research Associate in the Equity Portfolio Management department. She also previously worked as a researcher and grant writer for Think:Kids, of Massachusetts General Hospital. Outside of work, Kristine serves as mentor for Girls Who Invest, is an active volunteer with her alma mater, Simmons University, and previously served on the board for the Student Leadership Training Program. Kristine earned her M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, and her B.A. in Finance and Economics from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College).

Maria Garrahan joined PRIM in January of 2018 as an Investment Officer on the Portfolio Completion Strategies team. Prior to joining MA PRIM, Maria spent 2½ years at Columbia Threadneedle Investments as a research analyst focused on global asset allocation. She started her career at State Street Associates within the investor behavior research team where she worked as a research assistant for Professor (Emeritus) Ken Froot of the Harvard Business School. Maria holds a Master’s degree in applied economics from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, magna cum laude, from Eastern Connecticut State University.