Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.21
Liaison Joanne Wong
Submission Date Feb. 5, 2013
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Mills College
PAE-16: Committee on Investor Responsibility

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Dawn Schrey Colvin
Coordinator to the Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty
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Does the institution have a committee on investor responsibility or similar body that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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The charter or mission statement of the CIR or other body, which reflects social and environmental concerns, or a brief description of how the CIR is tasked to address social and environmental concerns :
The Mills College Retirement Plan Advisory Committee is charged with ensuring that participants in the Mills College 403(b) Plan have an appropriately diverse mix of investment options from which to choose. The Committee ensures that a mix of socially responsible funds, including bonds, US equity and international equity are available to Plan participants.

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Members of the CIR, including affiliations:
Chair: Tammi Jackson, Vice President for Finance and Administration/Treasurer Standing Members: Lesa Hammond, Chief Human Resources Officer and Director of Career Services Jamie Nickel, Associate Vice President of Finance and Assistant Treasurer Lissa Palanca, Benefits Manager Three-year Continuous Term Members: David Gin, Associate Vice President for Student Financial Services David Keeports, Professor of Physics Alice Knudsen, Director of Institutional Research, Planning, and Academic Assessment Maggi Payne, Professor of Music John Ruch, Professor of Psychology Linda Zitzner, Assistant Vice President for Facilities, Auxiliaries and Campus Planning Support Staff Maliha Popal, Executive Assistant, Office of Vice President for Finance and Administration/Treasurer

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Recent examples (within the past 3 years) of CIR actions:
In 2010-2012, the Committee conducted a retirement plan vendor search with the aim of consolidating from two vendors to one single vendor. The consolidated vendor environment was implemented in January 2013. The Mills College 403(b) Plan now offers an enhanced list of available investment products, including socially responsible bond and equity products.

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The website URL where information about the committee is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information about the Committee, its Charter, the Retirement Plan Investment Policy, Meeting Minutes, Latest Information, Recordkeeper Change Process, and FAQs can be found on a Mills internal website.

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