Meredith Benton
Corporate Engagement Strategist
Meredith joined the Nia team in 2019 supporting corporate engagement efforts. Meredith founded Whislte Stop Capital, a research and analytics firm to support investors in meaningful and strategic corporate engagement. She is focused on identifying where sustainability topics and financial materiality intersect. Meredith has worked across asset classes and developed investment strategies for funds seeking to incorporate environmental and social themes into their existing investment approaches. Her leadership of corporate engagement initiatives has included building investor coalitions, supporting corporate dialogues, drafting shareholder resolutions, soliciting proxy support, and benchmarking best practices.
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Meredith’s prior positions include Director and Head of Client Relations at Sonen Capital, Vice President at Boston Common Management and the Associate Director of Social Research at Walden Asset Management. Meredith has also led contract negotiations for Amtrak with the States of Washington, Oregon and California, was a fellow at the Sarah Dodds Enterprise Accelerator and has been awarded a Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance.
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Meredith was twice-elected by her industry peers to the board of US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. She earned her BS at Oberlin College and her MBA at INSEAD. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
