Joseph F. Keefe

Joseph F. Keefe is President & Chief Executive Officer of Pax World Funds, which launched the nation’s first socially responsible mutual fund in 1971, and currently manages approximately $2.7 billion across six mutual funds focusing on sustainable investing – the full integration of environmental, social and governance criteria into investment analysis and decision making.  Joe was recently named by Ethisphere Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics” for 2007.  He is Co-Chair of the Carbon Coalition, a New Hampshire-based citizens group working on climate change solutions; Co-Chair of New Hampshire ONE Vote ’08, a voter education project of the ONE Campaign focusing on the eradication of global poverty; and a member of the board of directors of Americans for Campaign Reform, devoted to public funding of federal elections.  He is a former Democratic Nominee for United States Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District, and a former Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.