starkey baker
Starkey is a passionate storyteller. They love to work with, understand, and elevate subjects. Starkey graduated from University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a B.A. in Political Science as member of the National Residence Hall Honorary.
Across ten years, Starkey highlighted the stories of activists and survivors across a myriad of intersections. Their work has been featured in publications like WIRED and Rolling Stone.
Olga Afonina
Olga brings extensive experience in investment operations to Candide Group. Prior to joining the team, Olga was an Investment Operations Manager for financial technology companies for over 10 years, where she was responsible for building the company’s strategy, financial and operations functions.
Neal Parikh
Neal has spent his career financing and developing climate-friendly infrastructure, both in the US and emerging markets. He is currently a managing director for Lattice Impact Capital, a sustainable infrastructure private equity fund, in addition to his role as co-managing director of Afterglow.
Morgan Simon
Morgan has close to two decades of experience making finance a tool for social justice. In that time she has influenced over $150B and is a regularly sought out expert on impact investing. Her first book, Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change has been featured everywhere from Harvard Business School to the United Nations.
Kimberli Cavazos Haywood
Kimberli works to inspire, and be inspired by her work. After spending two decades at the intersections of community development and banking, she understands the urgent need of stewarding capital toward systems that uplift a society in which humanity, dignity and respect are valued.
Karla Magana Figueroa
Karla brings a decade of experience driving strategic decisions at the intersection of finance and public policy. At Candide, she is responsible for impact investment strategies across various asset classes and stages, all in service of creating a more equitable economy. Prior to Candide, Karla ran due diligence on marquee technology transactions in J.P. Morgan’s Technology coverage group in the Investment Banking division. Karla also has extensive exposure to philanthropic and racial justice work, advising organizations such as the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative and LinkedIn’s Global Impact team.
James Pippim
James is a champion for shifting power and resources to communities where wealth has been historically extracted. Most recently, James worked as an investment analyst at the Skoll Foundation, supporting climate justice social innovation that centered community-led solutions from the Global South to US South. He also designed impact assessment frameworks and performed diligence for mission-related investments in underrepresented fund managers.
George Ashton
George joins our leadership team with a 20+ year career balancing both entrepreneurial and investment roles in the impact investing field. He has a deep commitment to social equity and environmental justice that is reflected in both his professional and personal commitments.
Emily Ziethen
Emily brings over a decade of experience in impact investing and a deep commitment to harnessing capital for positive change. At Candide, she oversees people and business operations, working closely with the team to ensure Candide serves its many stakeholders with efficiency and integrity.
Aner Ben-Ami
Aner is passionate about redefining the role of capital in communities. Since co-founding Candide Group, he has been at the forefront of pioneering multi-stakeholder governance and ownership models that ensure more equitable and fair outcomes for workers and communities.