Chat Reynders
Chat Reynders is Chairman and CEO of Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, a full-service sustainable investing and wealth management firm. Chat has more than 25 years of experience in investment management and social venture investing. In addition to his leadership in the traditional investment management world, he has structured and funded public/private partnerships that have brought more than $150 million in revenue to leading cultural institutions around the world—projects that have won numerous awards. He has also been featured in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Barron’s, and Forbes.
Chat Reynders Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
Academic History
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B.A., History
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, MacGillivray Freeman Educational Foundation
Board of Directors, Essex County Community Foundation
Founder and President, Highwood Productions
Board of Trustee, MacGillivray Freeman Films
EARLY CAREER
Chat previously served as Executive Director of The Whale Conservation Institute, the nation’s leading independent cetacean research center, which was founded under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
He was Past President of the Westminster Kennel Club, America's oldest organization dedicated to the sport of dogs.
He also has decades of experience producing socially oriented IMAX films, including Dolphins, which was produced in conjunction with the National Wildlife Federation and garnered an Academy Award nomination in 2000.
He also produced Coral Reef Adventure, which received the largest grant in the history of the Informal Science Division of the National Science Foundation at the time it was produced.