After a decade measuring how companies performance on environmental, social, and governance risks at MSCI, Matt co-founded Free Float, LLC to measure how the people who run companies perform rather than companies themselves.  Free Float Analytics provides data on over 250,000 directors globally, with performance attribution across financial and ESG factors, to facilitate proxy voting, engagement, board placement, and allocation strategies.  At Free Float, investing isn't a "what", it's a "who".

Prior, Matt's work at MSCI ESG Research included the development of the ESG Ratings model used by the largest institutional investors in the world.  He chaired the MSCI ESG Research Editorial Committee, sat on the MSCI Research Editorial Board, co-created the MSCI ESG Now podcast, and wrote more than 100 investor papers, industry reports, and profiles in his time at MSCI.  He's been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NPR, Pensions and Investments, and other investor and business publications.  He routinely lectures at business schools, including past discussions with students at Northeastern, UNC, Yale, Brown, UMass, and others.  

Prior to joining MSCI, Matt developed low-carbon investment programs and engaged directly with US pension funds and asset managers managing over USD 10 trillion in assets as a Manager at Ceres, a Boston-based non-profit.  Matt also founded a hedge fund with a sustainability and resource scarcity theme before joining Ceres.  He is a graduate of Brown University with a concentration in Computers and Music.

Damion worked at MSCI ESG Research, GMI, and The Corporate Library for over a decade as a leading corporate governance expert on the North American team. He published on Business Insider and Seeking Alpha, authored hundreds of company and thematic reports, co-created the ESG Now podcast, and deftly served as Office Head in the Portland, Maine office.

In a former life, Damion subtitled feature films in New York City and Paris, working directly with Oscar- and award-winning directors and producers. He has formal training in on-air radio and news production; developed, produced, and hosted a long-running news and variety show; and produced and hosted several other radio shows at three different radio stations. Damion has written novels, songs, screenplays, and stage plays; has acted in film, video, and stage productions; and performed live at international music festivals. He received his BA in Creative Writing and Black Studies at Oberlin College and his MLIS at McGill University.

Jessie started her career as a Certified Public Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She spent over five years auditing large, well known companies in the Financial Services sector.

She left international public accounting to broaden her experience and see what the start up world was all about. She moved to San Francisco and joined the small but mighty Finance team at Allbirds. While there, she saw the company grow from sixty employees to well over 200 and from 2 US retail stores to 14, worldwide.

She’s excited to find herself back at a start up, especially one with such a punchy mission. She brings with her experience from starting her own business to Free Float in an effort to enhance the daily operations, organization and success of the company.

Ariana was the co-founder of MINTy Girls, a startup targeting young girls and STEM education. She designed plane parts for Pratt & Whitney. After having spent the past year building Board Sabermetrics, she has been deemed Free Float’s Data Queen.