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Mr. Richardson is the founder and President of JMR Financial.
He is personally responsible for proxy research, voting and portfolio screening. Prior to forming JMR Financial Inc. in 1997, he was Vice President of American Capital Strategies, an investment bank located in Bethesda, Maryland.
From 2003 to 2007, he was President and Co-Director of the Center for Political Accountability, a Washington D.C. based organization committed to bringing transparency to corporate political giving. Mr. Righardson worked with institutional investors to initiate shareholder actions at public companies to bring about transparency in corporate political giving.
From 1993 to 1996, he administered the pension investment program of the Laborers International Union of North America . He was responsible for overseeing both the corporate governance and the institutional shareholder programs. In addition, he was the union's Assistant Director of Research & Education.
Mr. Richardson gained further experience as a research analyst and community organizer for the Service Employees International Union in Los Angeles. He also was Director of Research for health care organizing campaigns in Los Angeles and Seattle.
From 1983 to 1992 Mr. Richardson was President of the Labor Research Group in San Francisco, a consulting firm that helped construction trade unions to investigate public works construction projects, research, and organizing campaigns. | 