President
KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.

Peter Kinder has served as President of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., (KLD) in Boston since its founding in 1988. KLD’s mission is to remove barriers to socially responsible investing by providing institutional investors with research, compliance services, benchmarks, performance analytics and consulting.

The firm is best known for its index family which started with the Domini 400 Social IndexSM, the first benchmark (1990) for socially screened US equity portfolios. Today, KLD’s research and 14 indexes underly more than 40 financial products.

Mr. Kinder has co-authored three books on social investing and written dozens of articles for publication on four continents. KLD’s website links to a number of his articles. He contributes regularly to KLD’s blog.

Mr. Kinder has served two terms on the board of the U.S. Social Investment Forum, the SRI trade organization, and one as vice chair.

From 1973 to 1988, Mr. Kinder practiced law, first as an assistant attorney general in Ohio, then in Boston as a staff lawyer for a foundation and finally in private practice. He specialized in administrative law and corporate regulation.

Mr. Kinder received an A.B. in History from Princeton University in 1970 and was awarded a J.D. from Ohio State University in 1973.