Speaker Details
Joanne Dowdell
SVP, Director of Corp. Responsibility, Sentinel Investments
Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Responsibility Joanne Dowdell is Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Sentinel Financial Services Company. She directs the firm's sustainable investing effort, focusing on corporate, social and environmental research, as well as strategy development and implementation of the firm's shareholder activism initiatives. Joanne's professional experience spans over 20 years.
Before joining Sentinel as a result of the acquisition of the Citizens Funds, she spent five years at Citizens where she held a similar role. Prior to Citizens, Joanne led her own consulting practice where she provided research, business planning and management consulting to companies across a variety of industries.
Joanne is a member of the Board of Directors for the Social Investment Forum - a leading advocacy group focused on sustainable and socially responsible investing. She received her B.A. in Communications from Howard University.