A nationally recognized authority, consultant, and resource to the Sustainable, Responsible, Impact investment industry, Steve is a 40-year veteran financial services professional. Since 1989 he has focused on helping to direct the flow of investment capital in positively impactful and ...more

A nationally recognized authority, consultant, and resource to the Sustainable, Responsible, Impact investment industry, Steve is a 40-year veteran financial services professional. Since 1989 he has focused on helping to direct the flow of investment capital in positively impactful and intentionally transformative ways. He worked for Calvert Investments for eight years in the 1990s, including four years as President of Calvert Distributors, and served for eleven years as Chair of the Board of US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investing. Steve was Principal, President, and Chief Marketing Officer for First Affirmative Financial Network from 1999 through 2017 and served as Executive Producer of The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing for nearly twenty years. He is a director of The Alliance Center in Denver, Colorado, as well as Americans for Non-Smokers Rights, based in Berkeley, California. His consultancy, Thrize Partners (www.thrize.com), works with clients and on projects helping to create a better world through conscious earning, conscious investing, and conscious living. Specialties: Marketing, Brand Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Responsible Investing, and board management and governance. Generally all things where the purpose is contributing in meaningful ways to efforts that aim beyond 'sustainability' --- toward the creation of a truly regenerative future.less