Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith is an Economist and Portfolio Manager at Trillium Asset Management, LLC, based in Boston, MA. She leads the firm’s fixed income management process and is the Lead Portfolio Manager for Trillium’s ESG Large Cap Core Strategy, as well as a manager for the ESG Core Equity strategy and the Green Century Balanced Fund, focusing her work primarily on environmentally and socially responsible investment portfolios.

Smith’s expertise spans ESG-integrated equity and fixed income strategies, with a particular emphasis on large-cap U.S. equities, core equity, and green bonds. She is recognized for incorporating environmental, social, and governance criteria in asset selection, and her work supports community investment and sustainable finance sectors. She is also active in speaking engagements covering topics such as green bonds and responsible investing.

With an investment management career dating back to 1987, Smith previously held roles at Boston Trust & Investment Management (Walden Asset Management) and has served on multiple boards, including Oikocredit USA and US SIF. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and earned her Ph.D., M.A., and M.Phil. in Economics from Yale University, and her BSFS in International Economics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.