Marjorie Kelly

Marjorie Kelly is a fellow with the Tellus Institute and holds a dual appointment as director of ownership strategy with Cutting Edge Capital consulting firm. She is author of the new book, Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution, released June 2012 by Berrett-Koehler, which explores key design elements of the "mission-controlled corporations" she visits across the US and Europe. The book is being translated into two languages. Kelly advises private businesses on ownership and capital design for social mission. She also leads a variety of consulting and research projects in corporate social responsibility, rural development, and impact investing for organizations like the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. Kelly was co-founder and for 20 years president of Business Ethics magazine, best known for its listing of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Her first book, The Divine Right of Capital, was named by Library Journal as one of the 10 Best Business Books of the Year and was translated into three languages. Kelly is co-founder of Corporation 20/20 (www.corporation2020.org), a multi-stakeholder initiative to envision and advocate enterprise and financial designs that integrate social, environmental, and financial aims. Over five years, this project brought together hundreds of thought leaders from business, finance, labor, government, law, and civil society for meetings, research, and two national conferences. She attended Earlham College and the University of Missouri and holds a bachelor's in English, cum laude, and a master's in journalism. At the School of Journalism, Kelly received the Penney-Missouri Award for Most Promising Young Magazine Journalist. More recently she was inducted into the portrait gallery of Americans Who Tell the Truth. To find more about her, including downloading her reports, articles, and blog posts, see www.MarjorieKelly.com.

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Marjorie Kelly