Jake Barnett

Jake joined Wespath in January 2020. As the managing director of Sustainable Investment Strategies for Wespath and its subsidiaries’ investment programs, Jake leads teams that focus on stewardship and engagement, ESG integration, and impact investing, including the Positive Social Purpose Lending Program. Jake previously served at Wespath as a manager, and then a director, for Sustainable Investment Stewardship. Before Wespath, Jake was an institutional consultant at Morgan Stanley’s Graystone Consulting. Jake currently co-leads the Engagement Track of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and serves on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment Stewardship Advisory Committee. Jake is also a board member of the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Jake received his bachelor’s degree in Economics, International Studies and Political Science from Ohio Wesleyan University and holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation.