IWBI ADVISORY

Sustainable Finance

The Sustainable Finance Advisory is focused on developing social sustainability and sustainable finance initiatives. Its purpose is to elevate how the global investment landscape and regulatory bodies are prioritizing health, well-being and social sustainability outcomes within organizations and communities.

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IWBI Advisory Lead

Minjia Yang

Minjia Yang is the Vice President & Head of Sustainable Finance at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) where she leads the thought leadership platform to drive capital toward social sustainability at scale. Minjia brings her interdisciplinary background in law, economics, finance and insights of global markets to partnership building, sustainable finance and social sustainability performance.

IWBI Advisory Lead

Kelly Worden, MPH

Kelly Worden, MPH, is VP of ESG and Investing for Health at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Kelly leads the development of resources to help organizations place people at the center of their ESG (environmental, social, governance) strategy and investment.

Executive sponsor

Matthew Trowbridge, MD, MPH

Matthew Trowbridge is a physician, Chief Medical Officer at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), and Associate Professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine.

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Sustainable Finance Advisors


Abhishek Parmar, Head of Sustainable Development, HB Reavis

Abigail Sirevaag, Vendor Program Manager, Edward Jones

Akiko Toya, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank Group

Alicia Silva, CEO, Revitaliza Consultores

Ashish Pandya, Lead Consultant, Sustainable Spaces, ideaship Inc.

Cida Ghosn, PhD Candidate - Architect and Urban Planner, The University of Melbourne

Claudia Herbert Colfer, Head of Programming, UNGC Network USA

Dennis Wu, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited

Dhwani Talati-Padiyar, Director, Head of ESG and Sustainability Consultancy, Turner and Townsend - CBRE

Eric Lee, Senior Vice President, Aligned Climate Capital

Gabriela Sabadini, Technical Director, Chile Green Building Council

Giovanni Cossu, Head of Sustainability, CapitaLand

Hamoda Youssef, Director, Client Development & Partnerships, ClimateFirst

Harun Asad, Strategic Advisor & Sr Director Sustainability (former) , Genentech, a Member of Roche Group (former)

Jacob Nimmer, Head of Real Estate, Amalgamated Bank

Jayden Yoon, Senior Policy Researcher, The Asia Foundation

Julianne Jarvis, Founder, Bluwm, LLC.

Kavita Kumari, Associate Director - Sustainability & ESG, Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP

Kimberly Brown, Managing Principal, Housing Impact Partners

Lenna Lockwood, Founder, Prospera

Mark Bhasin, Senior Vice President/Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Basis Investment Group/NYU Stern School of Business

Rosa Maria Sanchez Garcia, Founder & MD | Real Estate ESG & Sustainability Consultant, Tiaki | KEO - Meehan Green

Sharon Grant, Director Sustainability Programs, RE Tech Advisors

Suleiman Alhadidi, Founder + Professor, AREAL

Yasushi Kinoshita, Chairperson, Green Building Japan

Yun Fu, Associate Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute


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