Program speakers

William Burckart

CEO – TIIP

William Burckart is the CEO of The Investment Integration Project (TIIP), where he advises a range of clients (including pension plans, investment management firms, private foundations and endowments, government and major industry bodies) on integrating system-level and investment goals through the development and implementation of related strategies.

He is a co-founder of Colorful Capital, a venture capital firm that is bringing capital support to enterprises founded and led by members of the broad LGBTQ+ community; he co-authors a regular column for Nasdaq.com on the intersection between LGBTQ+ advancement and investment. William is Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs and The Brandmeyer Fellow for Impact and Sustainable Investing at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. He is a fellow of the High Meadows Institute and co-author of the book “21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change” (Berrett-Koehler, 2021).