As McKnight’s director of investments since 2019, Elizabeth McGeveran oversees the team that manages the Foundation’s $2.5 billion endowment. With her leadership and vision, the Foundation committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire portfolio by or before 2050—the nation’s first of the 50 largest private foundations to do so. McGeveran designed a market-rate solutions-oriented portfolio that aligns with the Foundation’s mission, advancing climate solutions, and equitable communities and economies. Across the entire endowment, one of every three invested dollars is mission-aligned.
McGeveran thawj zaug koom McKnight hauv 2014 los coj nws feem cuam kev nqis peev pab. Nws tau pab taug txoj hauv kev rau lub Foundation ua tus thawj coj ua lag luam, txheeb xyuas cov peev txheej uas tsim lub ntiaj teb uas peb xav nyob hauv. Ua tus thawj coj peev txij li xyoo 1999, McGeveran nrog lwm tus yog tus ua yeeb yam thaum ntxov hauv kev txhim kho ib puag ncig thiab kev tswj hwm (ESG ) mus kom ze thoob plaws hauv kev lag luam. Raws li tus lwm thawj coj loj rau kev tswj hwm thiab kev nqis peev ruaj khov ntawm F&C Asset Management, London-based coj mus muag khoom vaj khoom tsev (tam sim no BMO Global Asset Management), nws tau tsim lub tuam txhab ua lag luam ua lag luam ua lag luam koom nrog pab pawg.
McGeveran yog tus sawv cev ywj pheej ntawm cov nyiaj ntawm Boston Trust Walden, tus thawj coj ntev hauv kev koom nrog ESG rau hauv nws txoj kev nqis peev. Nws yog thawj tus tswv cuab ntawm US Advisory Committee rau FTSE4Good indexes, thiab tam sim no ua haujlwm pab dawb ntawm pawg peev txheej ntawm University of St. Thomas hauv nws lub nroog St. Paul. McGeveran loj hlob sab nraum Boston thiab kawm tiav hauv Carleton College hauv Minnesota.
