Clean Yield
Socially Responsible Investing


Our Staff:

Rian F. Fried | Douglas Fleer | Dorigen Hofmann | Richard Hausman | Martha Rose


Rian F. Fried, Portfolio Manager
      Rian is a co-founder of the Clean Yield organization and president of Clean Yield Group, Inc.
Prior to founding the Clean Yield in 1984, Rian was the director of the Brockton Regional Economic Development Corporation. Rian's employment history includes positions as the director of an agency that coordinated and funded economic data research projects, and six years in community action and social work positions.
      Rian holds a Master's degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan. Rian has managed equity portfolios for more than twenty-five years.
      Rian has served as a selectman in Stannard, Vermont, and is currently a member of the Planning Commission. He is also an elected justice of the peace. He has served on many boards of directors, including the Vermont Community Loan Fund. He is currently on the advisory board of Chittenden Bank's Socially Responsible Banking Fund. He also contributes financial columns to local and national newspapers and newsletters.
      Rian's hobbies include cross-country and downhill skiing, cooking, and historic preservation. He was born on March 2, 1948 and lives in Stannard, Vermont, with his wife, Rachel. They have one daughter, Dorigen.
P. Douglas Fleer, Portfolio Manager
      Doug is a co-founder of the Clean Yield organization and is vice-president of Clean Yield Group, Inc.
      Prior to founding the Clean Yield, Doug worked as an independent building contractor. He attended Quaker secondary school and higher education at Colorado College before pursuing interests in scallop fishing and building on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
      Doug traces his interest in the stock market to his grandfather. He has been a private investor for over thirty years. For almost as many years, Doug has used his own social philosophy to guide and screen his investments. An active opponent of nuclear power and weapons, and an active proponent of environmental responsibility, he has long worked to help others design investment portfolios that reflect their social principles.
      Doug was born on February 27, 1951 and now resides in Greensboro, Vermont, with his wife Alice. They have two daughters, Lillian and Zoe. Doug's interests include whitewater canoeing, gardening, woodworking, and cross-country skiing.
Dorigen Hofmann, Portfolio Manager
      Dorigen is a portfolio manager operating out of the Clean Yield office in Seattle, Washington.
Immediately prior to joining Clean Yield in 2006, Dorigen was an assistant attorney general for the State of Washington. At the Attorney General's office, Dorigen worked on litigation and client advice regarding natural resource management, land use, real estate, public records, and administrative procedures. Dorigen has also spent time in Beijing working on land-development issues, and she worked for a variety of U.S.-based environmental nonprofits and government agencies.
      Dorigen has over 20 years experience with Clean Yield, although most have been as a volunteer. The daughter of co-founder Rian Fried, Dorigen's first job,at age seven in 1984, was licking stamps and sealing envelopes for the Clean Yield newsletter. Her investment interests vary widely, but she is particularly interested in community investing and the powerful impact it can have on communities around the world.
Dorigen holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. She resides in Seattle with her husband, Jon. She can be frequently found cross-country and downhill skiing, hiking, tap dancing, gardening, and playing ultimate frisbee.
Richard D. Hausman, Research Director
      Rick began work as Clean Yield's director of social research in 1990, while finishing out his third term in the Vermont House of Representatives. As a legislator, Rick advanced environmental protection, civil liberties, progressive tax policy, and divestment from South Africa.
Earlier, Rick's roles included Peace Corps volunteer in the Ivory Coast, director of one of the Farm & Wilderness summer camps, and director of U.S. Dept. of Labor programs for disadvantaged persons in northeastern Vermont. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rick served as chief financial officer, first for the community mental health agency tied to Dartmouth Medical Center and later for the community action agency based in Barre, Vermont.
      Rick holds a Masters in Public Health and a BA in Biology. He has served on numerous for-profit and nonprofit boards, frequently in the role of treasurer. Currently, he serves on the boards of the R & R Foundation, the Wells River Action Project, and the Town of Newbury, Vt.'s Board of Civil Authority. He also serves on the Vermont Community Foundation's Finance Committee, the Farm & Wilderness Foundation's Capital Campaign Committee, plus three nonprofit advisory boards. Like Rian, Rick is an elected justice of the peace.
      Rick and his wife, Emmy, live in Newbury, Vermont. They have two sons, Ethan and Nate. Rick enjoys hiking, skiing, tennis, canoeing, and banjo.
Martha K. Rose, Administrator
      Martha teamed up with Clean Yield as administrator in 1996, when the company moved to its present location just down the street from her home in Greensboro village.
Born and brought up near Baltimore, Martha earned a BA in English Literature from Washington College on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Her first post-college employment was teaching 7th and 8th grades at a school on an island in Chesapeake Bay. Later, she became news editor of a small weekly based in Centreville, Md.
      After moving to Vermont in 1973, Martha worked as an administrator and librarian at Sterling School, a post-secondary institution, where the focus is on academics, physical challenge, craftsmanship, service to others, and the environment.
      For several years after that, Martha was director of operations for the American Society of Dowsers, whose headquarters is here in northern Vermont. In the decade prior to joining Clean Yield, Martha was a property and casualty insurance agent.
      Martha has been active on numerous nonprofit boards, including Caledonia Home Health Care, both Orleans County and Caledonia County court diversion programs, Greensboro Community Child Care Center, and Catamount Arts. She is an enthusiastic participant in the mentoring program at the local elementary school.
      Martha lives with her husband, Craig. They have one daughter, Erin. At home, Martha loves to curl up with a good book.
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