Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR)
What We Do
The Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) was reestablished by President Shalala in 2024 to provide guidance on aligning our trust investment practices with the university’s mission in the wake of recent divestment resolutions from student, staff, and faculty of The New School community. Our core mission is to engage in deliberative dialogue to address investment concerns of the community and calls for ethical investment practices that uphold human rights.
The ACIR advises The New School Board’s Investment Committee on strategies to monitor and align the endowment investments with the mission of The New School in keeping with Board of Trustees’ fiduciary duty to responsibly invest the endowment.
Recent Communications
- 09/17/24 - Fourth Communication to The New School from the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
- 08/19/24 - Third Communication to The New School Community from the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
- 06/12/24 - Second Communication to The New School Community From the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
- 05/16/24 - Update on the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
- 05/13/24 - Announcing the Members of the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
Who We Are
ChairS
Committee Chair
Jen van der Meer, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management
Committee Co-Chair
Yasmine Davis, Manager of Restricted Funds Budgeting
Committee Members
Students
Leonardo Ruales, MS Political Economy
Paula M. Ante Wright, BA/BFA Architecture and Politics
Faculty
Rhea Alexander, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management
Staff
Rafael Muñoz, Associate Director of the Arts
Trustee
Christopher Castano, Member, Board of Trustees
Research Associate
Aria Vaghayenegar, PhD student, Sociology, NSSR
ACIR Resources
- Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR) website.
- ACIR Charter
- Climate Change Investment Policy
- Endowment Investment Policy
- ACIR Fall 2024 Report
Contact Us
We are open to the community for continuing conversation. Please contact us at ACIR@newschool.edu.
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