The SRI Conference & Community Opens With A Lineup Of Influential Industry Speakers At The 29th Annual Conference

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The SRI Conference & Community has announced the lineup of speakers that will address attendees at its 29^th Annual Conference. Social Responsible Investing (SRI), Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) and sustainability will be the themes that power the plenaries, conversations and presentations. Folio Financial, Inc. the parent company of The SRI Conference & Community will be introducing new technologies to conference attendees over the three-day conference from November 1-3, 2018 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

The SRI Conference is the longest-running gathering of professionals who are passionate about, engaged in and/or want to learn more about SRI investing and ESG. This year the conference recognizes the $12 trillion under professional management as reported by The US SIF Foundation hat has been deployed for the common good by announcing The SRI Community. This re-energized brand mission that will be introduced at the conference by Jan Mercer Dahms who has taken on the newly created role of CEO of The SRI Conference & Community.

Dahms, Steve Wallman, Founder and CEO, Folio Financial, Inc., and George Gay, CEO, First Affirmative Financial Network will share the refreshed direction of The SRI Conference & Community's strategy in anticipation of the conferences 30^th Anniversary in 2019.

"Through The SRI Conference & Community we intend to significantly broaden and deepen the SRI movement by creating and nurturing a more inclusive SRI ecosystem — far beyond the reach of this one conference," said Dahms about the company's mission going forward.

The conference's deep rooted history in SRI and ESG will be spotlighted in presentations by financial industry leaders.  Social and environmental issues that the world faces today will also be discussed by leaders in academia, government and the media. A listing of the 80 speakers presenting at The SRI Conference & Community can be found by visiting: https://www.sriconference.com/speakers. A sampling of speakers include:

Folio Financial: Steven Wallman, Founder and CEO, Folio Financial, Inc.

Plenary Speakers: Jeremy Grantham, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo; Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School; Chad Myers, Chief Meteorologist, CNN; Kurt Summers, Treasurer, City of Chicago; Phil Weiser, Hatfield Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School; Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, BlackRock; Robert Jackson, Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Featured Speakers: Gregory Elders, Research, ESG, JPMorgan Indexes; Theresa Gusman, CIO, First Affirmative Financial Network; George Gay, CEO, First Affirmative Financial Network; Jon Hale, Global Head of Sustainability, Morningstar, Inc; Jan Mercer Dahms, CEO, The SRI Conference; Jeff Gitterman, Co-founding Partner, Gitterman Wealth Management, LLC; Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management; Greg Vigrass, President, Folio Institutional; Lisa Woll, CEO, US SIF / US SIF Foundation

For more information of The SRI Conference & Community go to: https://www.sriconference.com. A detailed agenda is available at: https://www.sriconference.com/agenda

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About The SRI Conference
The SRI Conference is the longest-running and premier gathering of investment professionals and investors who are passionate about and engaged in SRI investing. It is offered by The SRI Conference and Community LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Folio Financial, Inc. Conference participants includes investment professionals, institutional investors and related organizations. The annual event features educational sessions and opportunities to network with more than a thousand like-minded individuals, organizations and experts in the SRI field. The 29th annual SRI Conference will be held on November 1-3, 2018 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO. www.sriconference.com

About First Affirmative
Financial Network First Affirmative, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Folio Financial, Inc., provides investment advice consistent with the philosophies of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investing. It believes that the ways people save, spend and invest can dramatically influence both the fabric and consciousness of society. Investors can make a meaningful difference by consciously directing investment capital toward enterprises that contribute to a clean, healthy environment, that treat people fairly and embrace equal opportunity, that produce safe and useful products, and support efforts to promote world peace. Clients who choose to invest with First Affirmative make a conscious choice to put their money to work for a dual purpose — to provide for a secure retirement, for example, while working for a better, more socially just and environmentally sustainable future for all. www.firstaffirmative.com. First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC is an independent Registered Investment Advisor (SEC File #801-56587).

About Folio Financial, Inc.
Folio Financial, Inc. (formerly FOLIOfn, Inc.) offers various financial, brokerage and custody technology through Folio Investing, Folio Institutional, VIA Folio, First Affirmative Financial Network and The SRI Conference. The firm has more than 19 patents covering an array of financial services and products and has been, and continues to be, a pioneer in a number of areas in the investing and wealth management fields. The Folio family delivers innovative brokerage and custody tools and technology that benefit investors and those who serve them. It provides services to some of the world's largest financial services firms, boutiques and start ups.

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