NEW YORK, NY///April 19, 2007///The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility's (ICCR) board of directors is delighted to announce the appointment of Laura Berry, the current Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Service for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, as ICCR's new executive director.

"Laura has dedicated her career to public service, has a deep passion for faith-based and socially responsible investing, and is a visionary leader" said Mark Regier, Chair of ICCR's Governing Board and Stewardship Investing Services Manager of Mennonite Mutual Aid. "Her experience and beliefs are an amazing match for ICCR."

At the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations with a growing endowment of $280 million, Laura oversaw both grantmaking and fundraising. The Community Foundation's revenues tripled during her four year tenure. In addition to her stewardship of a $15 million grantmaking portfolio focused on education, health, community development, youth and early childhood, the Community Foundation broadened its work with diverse communities in engaging hundreds of new donors.

Before joining the Community Foundation, Laura served as Community Development Initiative Director for the New London Development Corporation. Prior to that, she managed a $250 million portfolio as vice president at SSB Citi Asset Management, relying on the synergy between faith and socially responsible investing guidelines.

"When my beloved, honorary godparents, who happen to be Jewish, read the position description, they both said it had to have been written for me," said Laura. "As a Catholic who has always been inspired by the deep faith and commitment to action expressed in interfaith work, this opportunity is a privilege. I will strive to live up to the example set by the extraordinary leaders, both staff and membership, that made the first 36 years of ICCR's work so meaningful."

Laura, a native of Detroit, Michigan, lives in New Haven, Connecticut. She received her Certified Financial Planner designation from Quinnipiac University and holds an M.S. from the University of Michigan and a B.S. from Michigan Technology University.

ABOUT ICCR

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is a 36-year-old international coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors including denominations, religious communities, pension funds, healthcare corporations, foundations and dioceses with combined portfolios worth an estimated $110 billion. ICCR seeks to build a more just and sustainable society by integrating social values into corporate and investor decisions. ICCR is one of the foremost shareholder advocacy organizations in the world. More detailed information about shareholder resolutions is available from ICCR's Ethvest (sm), the comprehensive, on-line, subscription-based, ethical investor database, www.iccr.org.

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