Julie N.W. Goodridge is the President and founder of NorthStar Asset Management, Inc. She has been a social investment professional in the Boston area since 1985, a financial advisor since 1983, and is an active member of the Social Investment Forum. Ms. Goodridge conducts seminars for individuals on socially responsible investing, women and money, choosing an investment advisor, monitoring investment progress, budgeting, and shareholder activism offered through the Funding Exchange, Haymarket People's Fund, the Boston Women's Fund, Community Capital Bank, the Boston Community Loan Fund and Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She has been a guest on several public television programs where she has discussed women's financial concerns and investment strategies. Her interest in socially responsible investing stems from prior work as a community organizer for ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Her activist background provided her with an awareness of the socially responsible aspects of investment decisions while an Assistant Vice-President at Dean Witter Reynolds, and stockbroker at EF Hutton and Merrill Lynch. She is currently the treasurer of the board of the New World Foundation in New York. Ms. Goodridge was one of the lead plaintiffs in the legal case, Goodridge v. Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, that won marriage rights for same sex couples in Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. from Boston University and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.

Margaret J. Covert, the Shareholder Activism Coordinator at NorthStar Asset Management, manages shareholder activism and services, in addition to conducting corporate accountability research and writing NorthStar's quarterly newsletter. Her background in non-profit management and political activism informs her perspective on social investing. Ms. Covert focused on shareholder issues as a student at Mount Holyoke College during the height of the South African divestiture movement and while working for Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. Ms. Covert has worked with many non-profit, social change organizations including the Boston Women's Fund, Haymarket People's Fund, Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Reproductive Rights Network, Planned Parenthood, and the Washington D.C. Rape Crisis Center. Ms. Covert holds an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College and an A.M. in Public Policy and Citizen Participation from Tufts University.

Claire DeWitte, Client Service Assistant/Social Research Assistant, joined NorthStar Asset Management in 2006. Ms. DeWitte interfaces with all clients and works with Ms. Covert on shareholder activism. She has experience working in non-profit and legal environments, focusing on human rights, gender studies and mental illness. Ms. DeWitte holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University, with a minor in history.

Nikki Rivera, Office Manager at NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., has over ten years’ experience providing high-level organizational and logistical assistance within the non-profit sector. Ms. Rivera holds a B.A. in Community Studies/Social Work from the University of California, and thrives on creating order out of chaos.