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Two senior leaders bringing decades of experience in impact investing join the Nathan Cummings Foundation Investment Committee. 

New York, NY – The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) announced today that Dimple Sahni and Daniel Tellalian will join its Investment Committee. 

Ms. Sahni currently serves as Managing Director of Impact Funds Portfolios at Anthos Fund & Asset Management, a values-based asset manager headquartered in Amsterdam, rooted in a single family office. Mr. Tellalian is the Founder and CEO of Angel City Advisors, a Los Angeles-based financial consultant that connects community vision, catalytic capital, and subject matter expertise. They join existing Independent Investment Committee Advisors John Levy (Chair) and Lisa Green Hall, who serve alongside several NCF Board members. 

The Investment Committee is leading the transformation of the foundation’s $450 million endowment toward 100% mission-aligned investing and develops strategies to meet the organization’s financial and impact goals. 

“The foundation has long benefited from independent, diverse voices to help shape its investing strategy,” said NCF Independent Trustee and Interim President and CEO, Rey Ramsey. “Dimple and Daniel each bring a lifetime of experience with impact investing, social enterprise, and community development. We are grateful to have such passionate and talented individuals at our table.” 

Ms. Sahni’s career spans more than 20 years in impact investing, investment banking, technology, emerging markets, and venture capital. She joined Anthos Fund & Asset Management in 2014, where she is responsible for originating investments, managing relationships, and helping to execute strategies for portfolios dedicated to impact investing. Ms. Sahni also worked in venture capital and private equity for Omidyar Network, an impact investing organization, and L Capital Partners in its technology, energy, and environment practice where she was a Kauffman Fellow. Most recently she was fund principal at the Hattery, an early-stage impact investing and design firm that was sold to Google.

“It is a privilege to be part of the foundation’s journey as it works to increase the mission impact and alignment of its investing activity,” said Ms. Sahni. “I am eager to share my knowledge and experience toward that end, and I am excited to see where we go together.”

Mr. Tellalian has over two decades of experience in impact investing, social entrepreneurship, business mentoring, financial transactions, and community economic development. Prior to launching Angel City Advisors, he was a Founding Member and Managing Partner of Avivar Capital, an SEC-registered investment advisory firm focused on impact investing. Mr. Tellalian has deep experience in food investing and bioscience investing, and is active in place-based community development initiatives, due diligence, and pipeline development activities. He also worked as a Principal and 13-year partner at Emerging Markets, Inc., an economic development consulting firm that assists the private sector to responsibly pursue business opportunities in low-income areas nationwide. 

“Most of my career has existed at the intersection of capital and community. That’s why I feel deeply aligned with NCF’s goal to shift its investment capital exclusively to a mission with social justice at its core,” said Mr. Tellalian. “The foundation is making the road by walking it, and I am honored to support that journey.”

For additional information about this announcement, please contact Candice Wynter at communications@nathancummings.org.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation is a multigenerational family foundation, rooted in the Jewish tradition of social justice, working to create a more just, vibrant, sustainable, and democratic society. The foundation partners with social movements, organizations, and individuals who have creative and catalytic solutions to climate change and inequality.