Scott J. Budde, CFA, is a Managing Director at TIAA-CREF Asset Management, the invest-ment management arm of TIAA-CREF, a national financial services organization with over $400 billion under management, and the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. He manages TIAA-CREF's Global Social and Community Investing Department. Budde currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the newly formed International Association of Microfinance Investors and represents TIAA-CREF as a shareholder of ProCredit Holding—a leading microfinance institution headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.