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Lubna Elia has spent twenty years in the social enterprise and impact investing sectors. She has experience with various aspects of nonprofit management including operational oversight, board operations, program management, fundraising, finance, legal resources, compliance, risk management, human resources and administration. She has an academic background in international relations and economic development, and is fluent in Spanish. 

Terry serves on the leadership team for the NEIII Fellowship and helps with NEIII fundraising and partnership efforts as a board member. Terry works for BNY Mellon Investment Management as a registered representative on the institutional client service team. He is active with DEI initiatives and is the co-chair the Boston chapter of BNY Mellon’s multicultural employee network. He started his career in high-net-worth educational philanthropy. In a volunteer-capacity, Terry led the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee non-profit for five years where he directed two Mass Humanities grants for students at underserved schools. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University and MSc from the London School of Economics.

Eric Weigel is a Partner at Little House Capital, an SEC-registered wealth and investment management firm where he leads the firm’s ESG efforts. Eric has over 30 years of investment management and capital market research experience having worked in senior leadership roles at some of the premier asset managers in the industry such as Russell, Invesco, Pioneer, MFS and Hermes. He holds a M.B.A from the University of Chicago, a M.S. from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in agricultural economics from Iowa State University.

Stefan Pagacik is a serial entrepreneur and corporate executive creating innovative consumer and Business-to-Business software. During the past five years, he has developed two impact investment technology platforms for retail and institutional investors seeking improved portfolio impact performance. He also co-founded and led the investment committee for Bay Angels.

Bill Tomlinson is a Syndication Analyst with CREA, LLC, a real estate investment syndication firm that specializes in low-income housing tax credit investments. Bill is a 2016 graduate of the Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business undergraduate program, concentrating in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management, with a passion for the expansion of impact investing and public-private community development partnerships.

Brian Waldner is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Planner. He has extensive experience developing and implementing investment strategy as a fund manager and Advisor. Brian brings expertise in synthesizing complex financial situations through a deep understanding of global capital markets, investments, and strategic business planning.

Jessica Borawski is a member of the Strategic Development Group at the sustainable investment firm Ecofin. Prior to Ecofin, Jess served as a Fixed Income Client Portfolio Analyst at a global asset manager, Loomis Sayles. Prior to Loomis, Jess worked in trading and operations for Stockbridge Investors, a marketable securities investing group within Berkshire Partners. She earned a B.S. in International Business, Finance, and Spanish from Northeastern University. Jess aims to connect her passion for social impact to her professional network and is thrilled to help NEIII succeed in expanding its reach in Boston and beyond.

Andres Joya is a social-entrepreneur, cofounder of Coally, a consulting platform that connects educated youth with small enterprises. Andres holds an Msc. degree in management in entrepreneurial leadership (magna cum laude) from Babson College, and B.A. in Economics. During his career, Andres has worked in the ESG sector in US and Latin America, being the strategy and finance director of Atica, the biggest recycling company in Colombia, prior a research fund analyst in impact investing in Andorra (US), and earlier he led the education consulting department in a nonprofit (CEIBA) and developed the first municipality index of competitiveness of Colombia in the Private Council of Competitiveness.

Greg Piccirillo is an Analyst at SCS Financial, a wealth and investment firm headquartered in Boston, MA. Greg graduated from Bowdoin College in 2017, with a major in Economics and a minor in Government & Legal Studies. During his time at Bowdoin, Greg worked at the Investments Office and interned at Jefferies as an investment banking summer analyst. He is passionate about investing and ways in which individuals can leverage their expertise in the capital markets to engage in socially responsible initiatives.

Ani is currently a Project Engineer at Renew Energy Partners, LLC. He has received his Master’s Degree in Energy Systems from Northeastern University, where he worked as an Investment Associate Co-op at Greentown Labs, served as President of the Energy System Society at NEU, and received the Outstanding Student Leadership Award two years in a row. Ani is passionate about fighting climate change through sound engineering, inclusive policy-making, and wise financial decision-making. He looks to exhaust his past and current professional and personal experience in driving NEIII's efforts forward.

Faina Rozental is a Public Equity Research Analyst at Eventide Asset Management, a values-based socially responsible asset manager. She is responsible for monitoring and evaluating new and existing investment opportunities in Eventide's portfolios. Faina has an MBA with certificates in finance and sustainability from the MIT Sloan School of Management. While at MIT, she worked at Goldman Sachs and the MIT Office of Sustainability. Prior to MIT, she managed social due diligence at Root Capital, an agricultural impact investor, and earlier was responsible for OECD research sales in North America. She holds a B.A./M.A. in Economics from Boston University.