About Us: People
The People Behind Green Century
Wendy Wendlandt
President, Green Century Capital Management (GCCM)
Ms. Wendlandt has worked in the environmental movement since 1983 when she graduated from college with a degree in political science. With over two decades of professional experience at the non-profit, non-partisan Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) organizations, she has worked on campaigns ranging from toxic and nuclear waste cleanup to genetically engineered food. She has also been actively involved in efforts to improve the nation’s democracy through work on campaign finance reform and voter registration. Ms. Wendlandt has also served as an advocate for the environmentally and socially responsible investment movement and has been a member of the Green Century Funds Board of Trustees since the inception of the Funds in 1991.
Douglas H. Phelps
Member, Board of Trustees, Green Century Funds
Member, Board of Directors, Green Century Capital Management
Mr. Phelps is Chairman of the Board of U.S. PIRG, the National Association of State PIRGs. Mr. Phelps is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Fund for Public Interest Research, which raises money for and provides technical assistance to nonprofits such as the PIRGs, Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign, and Environmental Action. Mr. Phelps chairs the board of Green Corps, the environmental leadership training school, and serves on the Board of the National Environmental Law Center. He lives in Colorado and is a graduate of Colorado State University and the Harvard Law School. He previously directed Harvard Law School's public interest and public service careers program.
Kristina Curtis
Senior Vice President, Green Century Capital Management; President, Green
Century Funds
Ms. Curtis has overseen the administrative and financial operations of the
Green Century Funds since the organization's founding in 1991. Prior to her
employment with GCCM, Ms. Curtis served as the Finance Director for several
affiliated nonprofit consumer and environmental advocacy organizations. Ms.
Curtis also worked for community groups in Virginia and North Carolina as an
organizer and program director. She earned her BA at Brown University and her MBA at
the Yale University School of Management.
Amy Puffer
Chief Compliance Officer, Green Century Capital Management / Green Century Funds
Ms. Puffer oversees the compliance function for GCCM and the Green Century Funds. She has worked in the mutual fund industry for over twenty years since earning her BA from Brown University. Prior to her employment with GCCM, Ms. Puffer worked in the fund administration departments of several mutual fund companies. She earned her MBA from Simmons School of Management.
Adam Seitchik
Lead Portfolio Manager, Green Century Balanced Fund
Mr. Seitchik is the Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Trillium Asset Management and the lead portfolio manager for the Green Century Balanced Fund. Previously, Mr. Seitchik was Chief Global Strategist for Deutsche Asset Management in London, where he led a team responsible for over £40 billion in client assets. He also has experience as an analyst and portfolio manager at Wellington Management, and was the Director of Strategic Research for John Hancock's Investment and Pension Group.
Thomas J. Durante
Primary Portfolio Manager, Green Century Equity Fund
Mr. Durante has been employed as a portfolio manager with Mellon Capital Management since 2000, and is the primary portfolio manager for the Green Century Equity Fund. Prior to joining Mellon Equity, Mr. Durante was a controller of funds at Dreyfus Corporation for over 18 years. As a senior portfolio manager at Mellon Capital,
Mr. Durante manages the firm's equity indexed products and some of the firm's larger socially responsible portfolios.
The following organizations provide Green Century with extensive experience in investment management, administrative support and financial services:
State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) is the custodian for the Green Century Funds.
KPMG, LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Green Century Funds.
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