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Kevin O’Neal-Smith

Impact Strategist
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Kevin joined Adasina in 2021, though he began his career in investments in 2016 with Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Sealaska Corporation. As Adasina’s Impact Strategist, Kevin manages systems and relationships required for embedding social justice values in Adasina’s investor mobilization campaigns and investment strategies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in both Economics and Business Administration from Fort Lewis College, as well as a certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

Through his service as an Investment Committee member for the Seacoast Trust and as Board Member for the Katlian Collective, Kevin is committed to supporting new economic models that center Indigenous values, access to capital, and conservation of resources for future generations. Whether in professional or personal capacities, Kevin embraces traditional values in his everyday life, like wooch.een (working together) and haa shuká (respect for the past and future). Kevin is Tlingit, Yéil (Raven), Gaanaxteidí (Frog clan), Kutis’ Hít (Looking Out to Sea House). His Tlingit name is Yaa sh kanda. Éts’.