Audrey Choi

Audrey Choi is a multi-sector leader focused on sustainability and opportunity, with a career spanning business, government, journalism and philanthropy.

Audrey was the first Chief Sustainability Officer on Wall Street, pioneering Morgan Stanley’s sustainable investing business and leading the enterprise-wide commitment to sustainability. Choi also founded Morgan Stanley’s Community Development Finance Group, investing more than $20 billion in low-income communities. Her TED talk on “How to Make a Profit While Making a Difference” has been viewed nearly 2 million times. Choi was a member of Morgan Stanley’s Management Committee and also served as the Firm’s Chief Marketing Officer.

Previously, Audrey served in key policy-making roles in the Clinton Administration, including as Janet Yellen’s Chief of Staff at the Council of Economic Advisers and Vice President Al Gore’s Domestic Policy Advisor. Prior to her government service, Choi was a bureau chief and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, covering the economic and social upheavals in the aftermath of German reunification.

Audrey has served as a long-time board member of leading nonprofits, including StoryCorps, New York Cares, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

Choi is currently the Chair of The Generation Foundation and a partner of Generation Investment Management. She also serves as a Board Member of 3M Company; a Trustee of the Kresge Foundation–working to expand equity and opportunities in America’s cities; and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, leading work on cross-sector innovation.

Choi is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. She was a White House Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar and a David Rockefeller Fellow. A first-generation Korean-American, she is fluent in French and German.