Tessie Petion is the lead research analyst responsible for the application of the Funds’ social and environmental standards. Ms. Petion worked as an analyst and associate in Deutsche Bank’s Global Institutional Services department from 2000 to 2002, and in international sales for the New York Stock Exchange from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, she worked in the Dominican Republic as a consultant for the Consejo Nacional de Competitividad and in India as a consultant for the microfinance institution Basix.

Ms. Petion holds a B.S. in business administration and management information systems from the University at Albany, SUNY; an M.A. in psychology from Tufts University; and an M.A. in international business and development from the Fletcher School of Tufts University.