Kate Starr, CFA

Founder of Starria and former Vice President, Capital Deployment, Heron Foundation.  In partnership with the board and staff, she led the development of the investment strategy and policy that called for deploying 100% of Heron’s financial assets toward its social mission.  She managed the $300 million portfolio across a variety of businesses, markets, and financial instruments, including grants to non-profit organizations.  Kate is now working independently with other foundations, investors, and firms interested in building a practice of impact investing across a portfolio. Kate is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society New York, and the Mission Investors Exchange. Prior to joining Heron in 2001, Kate worked as a consultant at ATKearney’s Global Business Policy Council, a research associate at microfinance institution PRIDE Tanzania, and as an economics and equity analyst at First Asset Management. Kate earned a BA in English and Italian from Indiana University, a MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.