Eliza E.

I design and implement ESG strategies for private and PE-backed clients. I also lead the marketing, development and strategy of Green Buoy Consulting's internal activities. On a good day, that looks like client calls, planning next quarter's goals and finding learning opportunities that keep me at my best.

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• Provide operational and development support for Federated Local Government Investment Pools valued at $76 billion • Communicate with internal and external business to implement website management, client relations, and marketing to support the daily transaction needs of two investment pools • Responsible for analyzing, monitoring, and communicating business risks and opportunities to multiple internal groups • Cultivate and maintain internal and external relationships to manage timely delivery of website enhancements • Create and execute project and test plans for an average of 4 website upgrades and 25 issues annually • Utilize Excel to create and maintain website statistics dashboard for internal and external reporting .

• Communicate and demonstrate operational and implementation processes for current clients • Participate in internal business development and project planning within client service team • Analyze client behavior to develop, draft, and execute client outreach and development projects • Coordinate with sales and trading teams to implement business development strategies

I was responsible for communicating and presenting the local+GREEN program in order to increase interest and involvement among business owners, communities, and local governments.

I developed expertise in MSCI’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) product suite in order to answer client questions and conduct training sessions on multiple MSCI products. My experience as a client service associate has strengthened my verbal and written communication skills through the facilitation of client calls, attendance at client meetings, and by responding to client questions through email. I also coordinated and communicated with multiple teams, including sales and business development, to ensure prompt and accurate service delivery. One of multiple internal projects I worked on included creating, conducting, and maintaining a training program for new associates. This position required me to organize my time in order to prioritize and advance internal projects while maintaining over 350 client relationships.

As an ESG analyst, I researched and analyzed ESG metrics of approximately 350 small market capitalization companies to evaluate their risk exposure on a broader scale. In order to find information, I searched for news articles using Lexis Nexis to identify and evaluate controversial business practices of companies on the MSCI USA Small Cap index. I presented developing ESG issues to the ESG Small Cap team and communicated with teammates to provide feedback and edits on over 100 company profiles. As part of a separate project, I researched and compiled qualitative and quantitative key issues for diversified chemical companies. In order to expand ESG knowledge throughout the office, I coordinated informal lunch and learn seminars for the cohort of 2010 summer interns; speakers including internal experts on ESG issues as well as external CSR professionals.

Graduated in March 2018 with an ALM in the Sustainability and Environmental Management Program.