an unrealizable utopian dream. But as the challenges facing us
begin to cascade, what now seems impossible will become the
inevitable.
John Fullerton is the Founder and
President of Capital Institute, a
collaborative space working to
transform finance to serve a more just,
regenerative, and sustainable economic
system. Through the work of Capital
Institute, regular public speaking
engagements, and university lectures,
John has become a recognized thought
leader in the New Economy space
generally, and the financial system
transformation challenge in particular.
John is also a recognized leading
practitioner in the “impact investment”
space as the Principal of Level 3
Capital Advisors, LLC. Level 3’s direct
investments are primarily focused on
sustainable, regenerative land use,
food, and water issues. Through both
Capital Institute and Level 3, John brings
a unique theory and practice approach
to financial system transformation.
Previously, John was a Managing
Director of JPMorgan where he worked
for over 18 years. At JPMorgan, John
managed various capital markets
and derivatives business around the
globe, then shifted focus to private
investments and was subsequently the
Chief Investment Officer of LabMorgan
through the merger with Chase
Hunter Lovins is President of Natural
Capitalism Solutions. NCS helps
companies, communities and countries
implement more sustainable business
practices profitably. Hunter has worked
from Afghanistan to New Zealand,
and was asked by the King of Bhutan
to serve on a team of international
thought leaders transforming the global
economic paradigm. This led to a
position on the Steering Committee
of the Alliance for Sustainability And
Prosperity
(www.asap4all.org)
an
international team developing a global
strategy of change for a world that
works for all.
Over her 30 years as a sustainability
thought leader, Hunter has written
hundreds of articles and 14 books.
Her latest, The Way Out: Kickstarting
Capitalism to Save Our Economic Ass
(2012), is a sequel to the international
best-seller, Natural Capitalism.
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Manhattan before retiring from the bank
in 2001.
Following JPMorgan, and after
experiencing 9-11 first hand, John
spent years embarked on more
entrepreneurial ventures as an impact
investor while engaging in deep study
of our multiple interconnected systemic
crises that led to the founding of Capital
Institute, officially launched in 2010.
John was a member of the Long Term
Capital Oversight Committee that
managed the $3.6 Billion rescue of
the distressed hedge fund in 1998.
He is a Co-Founder and Director of
Grasslands, LLC, a holistic ranch
management company in partnership
with the Savory Institute, and a Director
of New Day Farms, Inc., New Economics
Institute, and Savory Institute.org. He
is also an Advisor to Armonia, LLC, a
Belgian family office focused on impact
investments, and to Richard Branson’s
Business Leader’s initiative. He sits
on the steering committee for the New
America Foundation’s Smart Strategy
initiative as well.
John writes the bi-weekly Future
of Finance blog, which is widely
syndicated on platforms such as The
A founder of the field of Sustainable
Management, Hunter has helped create
several MBA programs and is currently
a professor of sustainable business at
Bainbridge Graduate Institute and Bard
MBA. In 2013, she served as Regents’
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at
University of California, Berkeley. She
was recently named a Master at the
DeTao Academy in China.
Hunter has won dozens of awards,
including the European Sustainability
Pioneer award, the Right Livelihood
Award (the alternative Nobel) and
the 2012 Rachel Carson Award.
Time Magazine recognized her as
a Millennium Hero for the Planet,
and Newsweek called her the Green
Business Icon. She consults widely
for companies from Unilever and
Walmart to small businesses in local
communities and speaks to audiences
ranging from the World Economic
Forum to chambers of commerce.
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Guardian and The Huffington Post.
He has appeared on Frontline, and
been interviewed by Bloomberg, The
Laura Flanders Show, The Real News
Network, INET, and WOR radio.
John received a BA in Economics from
the University of Michigan, and an MBA
from the Stern School of Business at
NYU.