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 wuxuu markii ugu horreysay ku biiray McKnight 2014 si uu u hoggaamiyo saameynta barnaamijka maalgelinta. Waxay gacan ka geysatay in loo gogol xaadho Mu'asasada oo ah maalgashade saamayn ku leh, aqoonsiga fursadaha maalgashi ee dhisaya dunida aan rabno inaan ku noolaano. Hoggaamiye maalgashi ilaa 1999kii, McGeveran oo ay weheliyaan kuwa kale ayaa ahaa jilaa hore oo horumarinaya arrimaha bulshada iyo maamulka deegaanka (ESG ) hababka warshadaha oo dhan. Iyada oo ah madaxweyne ku-xigeenka sare ee maamulka iyo maalgashiga waara ee Maaraynta Hantida F&C, oo ah maareeyaha hantida ganacsi ee fadhigeedu yahay London (hadda waa BMO Global Asset Management), waxay dhistay kooxdan maalgashi bulsho ee mas'uul ka ah suuqa.

McGeveran waa wakiil madaxbannaan oo lacag ah oo ka tirsan Boston Trust Walden, oo ah hoggaamiye muddo dheer ku soo daray ESG qaabkeeda maalgashi. Iyadu waa xubin asal ah oo ka tirsan Guddiga La -talinta Mareykanka ee tilmaamayaasha FTSE4Good, iyo hadda mutadawiciin ka ah guddiga maalgashiga Jaamacadda St. Thomas ee magaaladeeda St. Paul. McGeveran wuxuu ku koray banaanka Boston wuxuuna ka qalin jabiyay Kulliyadda Carleton ee Minnesota.