Christopher Peck, Owner - Natural Investments LLC

Christopher has long history with natural investing, beginning as an investor in Working Assets mutual funds in 1987 while still in college. In 1998 he became an investment advisor, opening his own firm, Holistic Solutions, to teach classes in holistic financial planning and advise clients on all areas of sustainable personal finance. He joined Natural Investment Services in 2004 and in 2007, he, Hal and Michael joined forces as equal owners and managing directors in the re-named Natural Investments LLC. He holds the Accredited Asset Management Specialist designation from the College of Financial Planning, is a certified educator in Holistic Management, and has led workshops, classes and training in a broad range of personal finance topics. He has taught finance at the nation's first Green MBA program, socially responsible investing at the Santa Rosa Junior College, and taught a popular class for many years on sustainable local entrepreneurship at New College of California. Christopher is a member of the Social Investment Forum, the Bay Area Social Investment Forum, the Financial Planning Association, and Green America (formerly Co-op America). Christopher has written for or been featured in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Natural Health, the Green Money Journal, Sonoma County's Press Democrat, In Practice, the Permaculture Activist, and is a sought after speaker and presenter, having dazzled groups of 3 to 300 at the Marin County Fair, the Sustainable Enterprise Conference, West Coast Green, the Petaluma Green Fair, SolFest, GreenFest, EcoFest, and a feast of other festivities. We offer sustainable portfolio management and personalized investments advice, holistic financial planning, and leadership in helping to relocalize the food and investment process.