Oikocredit USA
Oikocredit USA is non-profit organization supporting the mission and work of Oikocredit.
We are a non-profit corporation filed in the State of Illinois in 1986. Donations are tax-exempt and receipted for that purpose.
Staff and board members from Oikocredit USA are available to meet with you and persons from your community in order to better inform interested parties about our organization and investment policies. Please contact us if you are interested.
Oikocredit USA's Board of Directors
Kay Hixson, Chair
Managing Consultant, Kay Hixson & Associates
Jesse Fripp, Vice Chair
Vice President, SBI Ltd.
Paul Nelson, Secretary
Faculty, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Paul Neuhauser, Treasurer
Finance & Investment Committees of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility
Corinne Florek
Mercy PartnershipFund
Susan Gottshall
Associate Executive Director, Communications, American Baptist Home Mission Societies
David Mesenbring
Pastor for Church in the World Ministries, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Cheryl I. Smith
Managing Partner, Trillium Asset Management, LLC
There are also three ex-officio non-voting members: Ylse van der Schoot, Director of Investor Relations, Oikocredit International, Terry Provance, Executive Director of Oikocredit USA, and Sharlene Brown, National Director of Oikocredit USA.
Each board member is elected by the current Board of Directors and may serve for two three-year terms. Board members must actively participate in at least one of the board committees: Financial, Personnel, Editorial and Nominations. Oikocredit USA strives for an inclusive membership among its Board of Directors and is committed to an affirmative action policy in its hiring as well. Our board meets twice per year in the spring and in the fall, in addition to telephone conferences on an as-needed basis.
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