About Us: People
The People Behind Green Century
Wendy Wendlandt
President, Green Century Capital Management
Member, Board of Trustees, Green Century Funds
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Wendlandt has worked in the environmental movement since 1983 when she graduated from college with a degree in political science. With over two decades of professional experience at the non-profit, non-partisan Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) organizations, she has worked on campaigns ranging from toxic and nuclear waste cleanup to genetically engineered food. She has also been actively involved in efforts to improve the nation’s democracy through work on campaign finance reform and voter registration. Ms. Wendlandt has also served as an advocate for the environmentally and socially responsible investment movement and has been a member of the Green Century Funds Board of Trustees since the inception of the Funds in 1991.
Douglas H. Phelps
Member, Board of Trustees, Green Century Funds
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Mr. Phelps is Chairman of the Board of U.S. PIRG, the National Association of State PIRGs. Mr. Phelps is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Fund for the Public Interest, which raises money for and provides technical assistance to nonprofits such as the PIRGs, Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign, and Environmental Action. Mr. Phelps chairs the board of Green Corps, the environmental leadership training school, and serves on the Board of the National Environmental Law Center. He lives in Colorado and is a graduate of Colorado State University and the Harvard Law School. He previously directed Harvard Law School's public interest and public service careers program.
Kristina Curtis
President, Green Century Funds
Senior Vice President, Green Century Capital Management
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Curtis has overseen the operations, administration and finances for the Green Century Funds since the organization's founding in 1991. She is also responsible for supervising the Funds' service providers and investment managers and the Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) staff. Prior to her employment with Green Century, Ms. Curtis served as the Finance Director for several affiliated nonprofit consumer and environmental advocacy organizations. Ms. Curtis also worked for community and civil rights organizations in Virginia and North Carolina as an organizer and program director. She earned her BA at Brown University and her MBA at the Yale University School of Management.
Amy F. Puffer
Chief Compliance Officer, Green Century Funds
Chief Compliance Officer, Green Century Capital Management
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Puffer oversees the compliance function for Green Century and the Green Century Funds. She has worked in the mutual fund industry for over twenty-five years since earning her BA from Brown University. Prior to her employment with Green Century, Ms. Puffer worked in the fund administration departments of several mutual fund companies. She earned her MBA from Simmons School of Management.
Matthew Patsky, Cheryl Smith, and Stephanie Leighton
Trillium Asset Management Corporation
Trillium Asset Management has been a leader in socially and environmentally responsible investing for over twenty-five years. A team of three portfolio managers at Trillium has responsibility for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Balanced Fund. Matthew Patsky, CFA, joined Trillium in 2009 and has over 25 years of experience in investment research and investment management. Mr. Patsky is Trillium's Chief Executive Officer. Cheryl Smith, CFA and Ph.D. in Economics, has been with Trillium for over 17 years and has over 23 years of experience managing socially responsible institutional and individual portfolios. Ms. Smith is Trillium's President. Stephanie Leighton, CFA, has been with Trillium since 1990 and has over 25 years of investment management experience. Ms. Leighton is Trillium's Chief Investment Officer and Director of Equity Research.
Thomas J. Durante
Primary Portfolio Manager, Green Century Equity Fund
Mr. Durante has been employed as a portfolio manager with Mellon Capital Management since 2000, and is the primary portfolio manager for the Green Century Equity Fund. Prior to joining Mellon Capital, Mr. Durante was a controller of funds at Dreyfus Corporation for over 18 years. As a senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital, Mr. Durante manages the firm's equity indexed products and some of the firm's larger socially responsible portfolios.
Erin W. Gray
Marketing and Strategic Analysis, Green Century Capital Management
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Gray handles the marketing and outreach for the Green Century Funds. In addition, she assists with strategy projects for both Green Century and the Funds. After starting her career at a public accounting firm, Ms. Gray has focused on the intersection of business and environmental issues. Prior to her employment at Green Century, Ms. Gray performed financial analysis for an environmental consulting firm. She earned her BA from Smith College and her MBA and Masters of Environmental Management from Yale University.
Larisa Ruoff
Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Ruoff directs the Shareholder Advocacy program at Green Century and pushes corporations to become more environmentally responsible. She recently earned her master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where she focused on international environmental law and human rights. Previously, Ms. Ruoff was the Research Director for Corporate Accountability International where her research and analysis was used to expose and curb corporate abuses that harmed human health and the environment.
Emily Stone
Shareholder Advocate, Green Century Capital Management
Ms. Stone develops shareholder advocacy campaigns and engages with companies and other institutional investors to promote corporate environmental responsibility as Green Century's Shareholder Advocate. Before joining the Green Century staff, Ms. Stone graduated from the rigorous Green Corps field school in environmental organizing. While at Green Corps, she organized campaigns across the United States with the Sierra Club, Environment America and U.S. PIRG, tackling urgent environmental issues ranging from overfishing to coal. Ms. Stone holds a BA in Sociology from Georgetown University.
The following organizations provide Green Century with extensive experience in investment management, administrative support and financial services:
State Street Bank and Trust Company is the custodian for the Green Century Funds.
KPMG, LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Green Century Funds.
UMB Fund Services, Inc. is the subadministrator for the Green Century Funds.
