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Laura Berry became executive director of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility in 2007. The organization’s
emphasis on community, social justice and responsible investing are themes with deep roots in her life.
Laura grew up in a working-class neighborhood of Detroit. She attended both Catholic and public schools, rooted on the
Detroit Tigers, and lived within walking distance of 63 first cousins. The riots of 1968 made her aware, for the first time,
of larger social challenges facing America. Her passion for baseball nurtured an interest in math and analysis.
After working for five years as a chemical engineer, Laura began a 17-year career as a Large Cap Value Portfolio Manager
on Wall Street, gravitating to socially-responsible investing and handling accounts for religious orders. In 2001 Laura left
Wall Street and began her non-profit career as the director of the New London Development Corporation’s Community
Development Initiative. She served the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven for five years as Vice President
for Development and, later, its Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Services. Laura was responsible for a $15 million
grantmaking portfolio from The Foundation’s nearly $300 million endowment.
Laura has a B.S. from Michigan Technology University and an M.S. from the University of Michigan; she obtained a
Certified Financial Planner designation from Quinnipiac University.
Resource Panel
Rich Ferlauto has spent more than 25 years as leading advocate for expanding shareholder rights and Environmental,
Social, and Governance reform in public companies. He initiated successful policy efforts to establish Say on Pay and
Proxy Access for shareholder director nominations. Ferlauto served as the Deputy Director for Policy, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy, at the SEC for four years. He was a Ceres board member from 2004 until 2010. Ferlauto also
served as the director of Corporate Governance for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME) for eight years, representing public employee interests in public retirement systems worth more than $1
trillion dollars. Ferlauto was Managing Director of Proxy Voter Services, ISS, which provides proxy advisory services to
Taft-Hartley and public funds. He also helped launch the AFL-CIO corporate governance program.
Kevin Moss is the global director for the World Resources Institute’s Business Center, which engages the private sector
to advance corporate sustainability strategies worldwide. He has held numerous leadership and management roles in
the private sector, most recently as the head of the Net Good program at BT, one of the world’s leading providers of
communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Moss also has experience at
Concert, MCI and BP. Moss served on HP’s External Global Citizenship Advisory board, the board of the Corporate
Responsibility Officers Association and the American Red Cross Global Advisory Board.
Ethan G. Shenkman is currently Deputy General Counsel at the US Environmental Protection Agency. He was previously
with the US Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), where he served as Deputy
Assistant Attorney General from 2010 until May 2014, overseeing the Appellate and Indian Resources Sections. He
previously served in ENRD from 1996 to 2004 in several capacities, including as appellate attorney and counsel to the
Assistant Attorney General. Between stints at DOJ, he was a litigation partner in the Washington, DC, office of
WilmerHale. He received his BA from Yale and his JD from the University of Virginia.
Zach Teutsch is a financial coach based in Washington DC. He educates individuals so they can make informed decisions
and create financial plans, he helps them untangle complicated issues around money, and he empowers clients to make
wise investment decisions, including aligning their values and actions. He also works at the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau where he investigates allegations of wrongdoing in the debt collection industry. Prior to joining the
Bureau, he was an educator, campaigner, and strategic researcher at the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Change to Win, and SEIU. He
graduated from Brown University where he received degrees in Economic Sociology and Organizational Behavior.