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Amaya Aranzabal
ESG Analyst, Driehaus
Amaya Aranzabal is an Environmental, Social, and Governance analyst on the Risk Management Team at Driehaus. As a generalist with a focus on ESG, her idea generation, interpretation of major company developments and identifying ESG issues and data analysis are leveraged across the firm’s ESG initiative efforts. Before joining Driehaus Capital Management in 2021, Ms. Aranzabal worked as the head of external communications and reputation for Grupo Lala. Prior to that she worked as a government relations manager, industry and risk coordinator and corporate legal coordinator for Grupo Modelo – Anheuser Busch InBev. Ms. Aranzabal received a B.A. in law from Universidad Iberoamericana and received a M.B.A. from Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business.
Jennifer S. Choi
Counsel and Senior Policy Advisory, Ropes & Gray LLP
Jennifer S. Choi is counsel and senior policy adviser to the firm. She is based in the Washington, D.C. office and is engaged and advises on a wide variety of regulatory, governance, and market matters. Jennifer has almost 30 years of experience in the public policy arena for the financial services industry with expertise on regulatory and policy trends and strategic engagement with policymaking bodies. Jennifer also brings significant global perspective with extensive experience working on international issues in Europe and Asia. Until February 2022, Jennifer was chief counsel of ICI Global, heading the global policy work for the Investment Company Institute (the leading trade association representing regulated investment funds). During her 16 years at ICI, she has held various roles, including associate general counsel for global capital markets policy and associate counsel for international policy. Earlier in her career, Jennifer worked at the Investment Adviser Association. From 1995 to 1999, she held various positions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including assistant director in the Division of Investment Management and special counsel in the Division of Market Regulation (now the Division of Trading and Markets). At the SEC, she also received the Martha Platt Award for dedication, excellence, and integrity. In addition to her work at the firm, Jennifer is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University School of Law teaching Regulation of Mutual Funds and Their Investment Advisers. From 2006 to 2018, Jennifer also served as an adjunct professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law.
Viola Lutz
Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG
Viola Lutz is Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG, the unit of Institutional Shareholder Services that helps financial market participants to understand, measure, and act on climate-related risks and opportunities across all asset classes. Viola joined ISS in 2017, following its acquisition of the financial industry business of South Pole Group, where she was a member of the team that developed the world’s largest database of company-level climate change data and pioneered the development of leading, standardized investment climate screening tools. Viola initially served as Head of the ISS ESG Climate Consulting, Methodology and SPO team. She was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30: European Finance list in 2020 and holds a Master of Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris.
Shivani Patel
Sustainability Analyst, US Equities, William Blair
Shivani Patel is a sustainability research analyst on William Blair Investment Management’s U.S. Growth and Core Equity team. She is also a member of the ESG leadership team for William Blair Investment Management. Shivani focuses on sustainability and ESG research and partners with other analysts on ESG engagement efforts across sectors and market capitalizations. Additionally, she supports William Blair's U. S. Equity Sustainability Strategy. Before joining William Blair, Shivani was an associate director of responsible investing at RBC Global Asset Management, where she worked on developing the U.S. ESG strategy and served as an ESG subject matter expert. Prior to this, she was an associate in RBC's leadership development program. Shivani started her career focused on corporate strategy in the European media industry. She received a B.S. in psychology from McGill University and an M.B.A. concentrated in finance from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
Laura Coy
Head of Philanthropy Strategy and ESG Integration, William Blair
Laura joined William Blair in 2016 to elevate the firm’s philanthropic culture and to create opportunities to engage employees and clients in strategic philanthropy. Since then, Laura has taken on a global role leading the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs to meet the growing need for social and environmental innovation, and the opportunity to build multigenerational purpose. Laura leads the firm’s client philanthropy practice, acting as a trusted advisor to families, family offices, institutions, companies, and nonprofits focused on high-impact philanthropy and ESG as a tool to create shared value. Laura’s team oversees the William Blair & Company Foundation and firm’s community engagement initiatives. Prior to William Blair, Laura was the senior manager of corporate social responsibility (CSR), public affairs manager, and senior corporate philanthropist for W.W. Grainger, Inc. Laura has also worked for nonprofits in a variety of major gift fundraising capacities including the National Alzheimer’s Association, the American Red Cross, and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Laura serves on the leadership committee of the Illinois Holocaust Museum, the advisory board of ShowerUp, the leadership council of Loyola’s Baumhart Center, and is the current board chair North Park Elementary School.
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