Mary Kate Wold
Chief Executive Officer and President
Church Pension Group

Allyson McDonald
Chief Executive Officer
Boston Common Asset Management

Allyson is a financial services industry veteran who brings more than 20 years of business development, operations, and management experience to her role as CEO of Boston Common. She has worked with and led teams at some of the leading financial services institutions in the country, including Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investments and New York Life/Mainstay Investments. Most recently, she was CEO and founder of Work Capital, an impact investing distribution and consulting company. She is a former Partner in Ellevate Asset Management LLC and Partner and former Global President of Ellevate Network.

Allyson’s commitment to pursuing professional endeavors that can drive positive social impact led to her tenure as Head of Development and Communications for the Clinton Foundation’s climate and health access initiatives—and to her establishment and operation of a successful consultancy in the areas of impact investing and philanthropic services. Prior to that, at Fidelity Charitable, she built a team and business model that raised billions for charity. It was there that she fully embraced her passion for “doing well by doing good” and carefully honed her skills for creating efficiencies and growing businesses with impact.

Allyson is an avid marathon runner who has brought the same energy and stamina to her career. On the marathon trail, Allyson combines her love of running with that of fundraising for her favorite causes. Most recently completing the Boston Marathon in 2019 for Colin’s Joy Project and the Boston and Big Sur marathons in 2013 for the Newtown Memorial fund. She resides in Boston and is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA with a degree in Economics and a concentration in Peace and Conflict Studies.

She currently sits on the board of the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust and is a board member for the SHAUN Foundation for Girls and an advisory board member for Komera.org.

Bhakti Mirchandani
Managing Director, Responsible Investing
Trinity Wall Street

Bhakti Mirchandani is Managing Director, Responsible Investing at Trinity Church Wall Street, a thriving Episcopal congregation in lower Manhattan. Bhakti is also a contributing writer at the Milken Institute and Forbes.com; teaches an award-winning impact finance class that she pioneered in Columbia University’s Masters in Sustainability Management Program, as well as an impact investing course in Columbia Business School’s Executive Education Program; is a co-founder and steering committee member of Institutional Allocators for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; serves as an independent director of Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp.; serves on the Board of Commissioners for the New York State Insurance Fund; and is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Previously, she was managing director at FCLTGlobal, ESG advisor to Corbin Capital, an investment management strategist at One William Street Capital Management and Lehman Brothers, and a sustainable finance banker at Barclays Capital and Unitus Capital. She also spent 10 years pioneering microinsurance, microfinance securitization, and micropension.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, CNBC, and at the G-20 and Davos. She holds a BA, MBA, and MPA from Harvard University and received the Dean’s Award from Harvard Business School. Most importantly, she is a proud mother of a spirited 4.5-year-old (#girlmom).

Anne Richardson
Senior Program Director for Investor Relations
Episcopal Church Foundation

Anne Richardson is Senior Program Director for Investor Relations at the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF). She combines a dozen years of experience in the investment industry and success in the stewardship of church finances to further the long-term investment goals of churches, dioceses, schools, and other Episcopal organizations.

Prior to joining ECF, Anne was on the staff of her parish as Director of Development. Anne has also served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Calvert Research and Management, a socially responsible asset manager, and as a Managing Director and COO for Global Investment Research at Cambridge Associates, an institutional investment advisor. Anne holds degrees from Bowling Green State University and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Christopher Rowe, CFA
Managing Director, Investments
Church Pension Group

Christopher Rowe is a Managing Director of CPG. He is responsible for leading CPG’s socially responsible investment engagement strategy and outreach initiatives. He works to build relationships with companies in which CPG invests, peer organizations, The Episcopal Church, and other stakeholders with similar values. Additionally, he works on behalf of the Chief Investment Officer to oversee various aspects of administration for the Investments Department, including communications and compliance.

Prior to CPG, Christopher was Chief of Staff to the CEO of PGIM, Prudential Financial’s asset management business, where he was responsible for wide-ranging activities including business administration, external relations, and sustainability. Earlier in his career, he worked directly with institutions and faith-based investors on strategies for integrating values with investments.

He received a BA in Economics from Haverford College and an MBA in Finance from New York University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.