Rukaiyah Adams- Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust

Rukaiyah Adams is the Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust. She is responsible for leading all investment activities to ensure the long-term financial strength of the organization.Before joining Meyer, she was the Director of lnvestment Management at The Standard. She started her career as a mergers & acquisitions lawyer. Rukaiyah holds a BA from Carleton College, a JD from Stanford Law School, where she served on the Law and Policy Review, and an MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business. Currently, Rukaiyah serves on the board of directors of Oregon Public Broadcasting. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Oregon lnvestment Council, the board that manages approximately $90 Billion for the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund. She has recently completed a TedX talk "The Homegirl’s Guide to Being Powerful” about her path to becoming a conscious investor and the role of wealth in pursuit of justice.

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