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Fellows of the Institute

Richard Barr
Fellow of the Institute
Richard Barr recently transitioned out of a twenty-year career as a social investment advisor with First Affirmative Financial Network.  An Accredited Investment Fiduciary from the University of Pittsburgh, he advised individual clients of all sizes during his time with the organization.

Michael Berg, J.D.
Fellow of the Institute
Michael is a sustainability and governance expert with a focused expertise on how regulators and the financial markets are addressing climate change and sustainability. Michael has 10 years of experience as a strategy and communications advisor to leading companies and organizations across sectors including food, retail, healthcare, technology, construction, and media.

Nicola Facciorusso
Fellow of the Institute
Nicola Facciorusso is responsible for all investment banking issues affecting Sal. Oppenheim in Greece and the Middle East region and interacts closely with the firm’s Capital Market Sales, Industry Group/Relationship Management, Equity Capital Markets, Research, and M&A teams.

Peter C. Fusaro
Fellow of the Institute
Peter C. Fusaro, prolific author, keynote speaker and respected thought leader, possesses unique expertise on emerging energy and environmental financial markets.  He is Chairman of Global Change Associates, a financial services advisory in New York City. 

Michael Muyot
Fellow of the Institute
CRD Analytics makes sustainability investable by being the leading provider of independent sustainability investment analytics.  Using its proprietary SmartView™ Technology Platform, CRD Analytics empowers its clients with actionable and performance-driven information distilled from large sets of complex financial, environmental, social and governance data.

Mark W. Sickles
Fellow of the Institute
An organizational architect and creator of the globally renowned Shareholder Value Assurance (SVA) methodology, Mark W. Sickles has provided the global business community with a governance breakthrough by integrating governance with strategy, risk, culture and social responsibility.  He is rapidly becoming one of the most influential people in the world on the critical topic of strategic governance.

Pam Styles
Fellow of Institute
Pam Styles is a senior investor relations consultant with 25 years of corporate experiene in investor relations and corporate communications, finance and strategy. 

Lou Thompson
Fellow of Institute
Lou Thompson is a recognized expert on corporate governance and disclosure, investor relations and corporate strategic communication. 

Mike Wallace
Fellow of the Institute
Mike Wallace is a recognized expert in the field of sustainability and business strategy whose diverse background as an advisor, manager, author, and lecturer provides him with the integrated perspective that today’s complex sustainability challenges demand.

The Institute Fellows

The term fellow originally came from the Old Norse language…felagi = partner, comrade or associate. The Fellows here are partners in research and advisory projects; are trusted colleagues, collaborators, kindred spirits, and a community coming together to focus on advancing the best aspects of Sustainability and ESG topics of interest to corporations and investors. 

The Fellows operate independently, through their own organizations, and also collaborate on client projects through the Institute.  They publish commentary and research (and other content) on the Governance & Accountability Institute platforms.

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