Bill Somplatsky-Jarman

Rev. William Somplatsky-Jarman is the Coordinator for Social Witness Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and staffs the church’s Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI). The MRTI Committee implements the church’s social investment policies for its over $7.5 billion of assets managed by its Foundation and Board of Pensions. He has coordinated dozens of corporate dialogues, spoken at many shareholder meetings, and authored several articles and study guides on corporate responsibility and environmental issues. Bill holds a B.A. cum laude from Bethany College (West Virginia) with distinction in religion, and a Masters in Divinity from Yale University Divinity School with emphasis in social ethics, where he was awarded the Mersick Prize for effective public address, especially in preaching.