The Trustee Governance Guide: The Five Imperatives of 21st Century Investing

Focuses on both structural and process factors of governance
Uniquely covers related investment topics in each chapter, including asset allocation, impact investing, and alternative investing
Uses the annual FEQ governance survey to U.S. Public Pension systems​​

Christopher K. Merker is a Financial Advisor and a Director of Private Asset Management at Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, where he provides advice and guidance to the boards and investment committees of institutional investors. He holds a PhD in investment governance and fiduciary effectiveness from Marquette University. He is past president of the CFA Society Milwaukee, and a founder and current board member of the CFA Society Milwaukee Foundation, a sister organization dedicated to promoting financial literacy. An adjunct professor of finance at Marquette University where he teaches the investment course Sustainable Finance, he is also executive director of Fund Governance Analytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and diagnostic tools for asset owners and institutional investors. He publishes Sustainable Finance, which covers current topics around governance and sustainability in investing.

Sarah W. Peck is an Associate Professor of Finance at Marquette University. Sarah earned her undergraduate degree from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Rochester. She has spent two decades researching topics in corporate governance with a focus on the board of directors publishing in The Journal of Financial Economics, TheJournal of Corporate Finance, The Journal of Forensic Accounting, among others. She is director of research at Fund Governance Analytics, where she leads research into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. She wrote the book Investment Ethics (2010) and pioneered an investment ethics course for CFA(R) educational partners. Following the 2006 pension scandal, she joined the Milwaukee County Pension board where she served as a trustee and chair of the Investment Committee for seven years. She regularly participates in panel discussions with trustees of pension funds and endowments on topics around integration of ESG into investment strategies.