We are pleased to announce the 3rd Student Advisory Board for the Sustainable & Impact Finance initiative.
As student leaders from across Haas, our board members are a critical part of our initiative, driving forward our innovation and going beyond themselves to promote impact investing and sustainable finance in our community. We accept applications for the Board in September each year. To be notified, please join our newsletter.
Abby Gritter
I look forward to joining the SAIF Student Advisory Board as a way to share my prior impact investing experience and network while continuing to learn from and with my classmates. Together, SAIF Board members can continue to develop insightful programming to engage our peers in substantive questions and support each others’ career journeys to further Haas’ role on the leading edge of impact finance education.
Andrew Filipek
The SAIF initiative was a major driver of my decision to apply to Haas and I believe strongly that finance can be a powerful tool to address the most pressing challenges facing our environment and society. As a member of the SAIF Student Advisory Board, I’m excited to build on the initiative’s strong foundation and to help cultivate a thriving impact finance community at Haas.
Bill Tomlinson
Return, risk, impact. The best business decisions and investments of the 21st century will be evaluated on all three. Haas students in any industry can generate incredible value through sustainable business practices and impact-aligned financial incentives. As the SAIF Student Advisory Board, we get to help our classmates turn those opportunities into reality.
Christine Kim
Leveraging my multi-asset quantitative research and ESG emerging markets background, I’m looking forward to helping students navigate sustainable finance and impact investing at Haas with SAIF. I am excited to collaborate in enriching dialogue and capturing the nuances surrounding sustainable and impact finance. In particular, I’m interested in supporting initiatives that shed a spotlight on asset classes that are underrepresented in the realm of sustainable finance.
Delphine Anglo
While I care deeply about climate action, I recognize that “sustainability” goes beyond the “E” of “ESG” and even transcends “ESG” itself. If pressing global challenges do not provide strong incentives for companies to consider integrating sustainability into their strategy, in the face of persistent pressure from investors, civil society, and other major stakeholders, the private sector cannot resist the need to broadly redefine the way it works. Finance is vital to the economy of both developed and emerging countries, and it can play a key role in moving towards a more sustainable future (and present) when used wisely. I firmly believe that sustainability, impact, and profitability can coexist and last. I am excited to build on Haas leadership principles to play through the SAIF initiative an active role in equipping generations of leaders with the thinking and real-world tools not to tackle but to embrace sustainability.
Elias Habbar-Baylac
Since 2019, SAIF has transformed our school’s pathways to more scalable, systemic impact through investing in inclusive and sustainable innovation. As a member of the SAIF Student Advisory Board, I look forward to bringing my emerging markets finance background to further position Berkeley Haas at the heart of the global network of impact investors and grow our thought leadership on gender and diversity-lens investing.
Georgine Co
Through the SAIF Student Advisory Board, I hope to further Haas’s focus and efforts on sustainability and impact financing. Can’t wait to drive new and existing programs for our Haas community and our reach externally! Let’s shift the direction of our climate future!
Hannah Schlacter
I’m excited to bring a new lens to how the Haas community thinks about impact: I care about bringing more integrity into impact investing. To me, ‘integrity’ is alignment between actions, words, and values. Getting this right is the foundation for any investment that seeks systemic change, as this starts with the individual.
Jeremy Baptiste
Sustainable and impact finance have the power to solve society’s largest issues by allocating capital to individuals and businesses that are focused on the greater good. My goal is to further the conversation on impact measurement and explore diverse ways to meaningfully effect change. I’m excited to be a part of the SAIF initiative at Haas.
Lizi Feng
As part of the SAIF Student Advisory Board, I am excited to raise awareness of sustainable & impact finance as a vehicle for good and provide resources to fellow students that are interested in it. Together, we can advance social and environmental solutions while producing financial returns.
Meredith Albion
The SAIF Student Advisory Board was one of the initiatives inspiring me to continue my education at Haas. Capital is a powerful and important tool to spearhead sustainable initiatives, and I truly believe it can help address important issues facing our society today. I look forward to building upon Haas’s presence in the space and increasing our involvement in the impact investing community.
Teo Lamiot
Impact investing has the potential to drive real social and environmental change, but it’s a challenging space to navigate. I’m excited to learn alongside and create opportunities for Haasies!
Will Hanley
I’m excited to join the SAIF Student Advisory Board and contribute to Haas’s continued excellence in the intersection of sustainability, finance, and impact investing. I look forward to further building a central hub for students’ journeys and extending UC Berkeley’s leadership externally.