About O-Six Impact Partners
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world.”
Our Story
We don’t doubt Margaret Mead’s sentiment. In fact, we’ve seen it. As the founders of O-Six Impact Partners, we have worked within and alongside dynamic, impact-focused companies and have witnessed the power of capital markets to effect positive change. Our experience informs us that the many impassioned investors and entrepreneurs of the financial industry can accomplish amazing things… but sometimes they could use a little help as the investment industry is highly commoditized and dominated by a handful of oligopolistic giants.
We founded O-Six Impact Partners to help mission-oriented financial organization succeed in the face of those immense challenges.
As seasoned finance and sustainability professionals who have successfully helped to grow small and large firms, we are uniquely positioned to help address the challenges of gaining market share within the increasingly greenwashed ESG industry. We are privileged to lend our combined 35 years of financial sales experience and combined 11 years of ESG experience to firms that share our mission.
Who is O-Six?
Thirty years ago, visitors to our nation’s first National Park, Yellowstone, unfortunately observed an ailing ecosystem, ridden with imbalance. Overpopulated elk ravaged vegetation leading to a plethora of natural infirmities. That was until conservationists reintroduced the gray wolf to the Yellowstone ecosystem in 1995, a species that had been eradicated by ranchers to protect their livestock. The wolves quickly thrived in their natural habitat and restored balanced to the natural systems of North America. Elk populations declined leading to the recovery of aspen trees and other critical vegetation. Coyotes retreated. Rodents and raptors flourished. Even the shape of the rivers changed due to the ancestors of our dogs who lazily sleep under our roofs. In ecology, these trickle down effects are known as a trophic cascade: a phenomenon that inspired our firm. As the wolves of Yellowstone once created unexpected and astounding impacts on their lived reality, we hope that the companies we serve will cause a cascade of positive impact that benefit stakeholders and shareholders alike.
In tribute to the amazing canines of Yellowstone National Park, we named our firm for wolf 832F, otherwise known as “O-Six”, an incredible female alpha wolf that successfully shepherded her pack through the unforgiving environment of the mountain west. O-Six was dedicated, fierce, determined, and always punched above her weight; all qualities we seek to emulate on behalf of our clients.
Our Team
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Immediately after graduating from college, I went to work on Wall Street and, many years later, reflected on the value of a career focused on investment sales and marketing. On the positive side, I met amazingly talented people who taught me so much about capital markets. I also loved building relationships with clients and educating them about market trends and opportunities. But on the negative side, I observed a financial system that too often served a privileged few at the expense of people and the planet. Ultimately, I found myself in the untenable position of no longer believing in what I was selling.
Deciding to support and promote a stakeholder-focused economy, I left a comfortable career to earn a graduate degree in sustainability while pursuing work with companies dedicated to producing positive impact alongside attractive investor returns. After helping to scale a young impact-focused asset manager and an ESG data provider, I realized that I could better serve the sustainable investment industry by creating O-Six Impact Partners with my trusted and mission-aligned colleague Brittany Damico.
Each day I wake up energized by the promise of O-Six: to help more firms focused on building a sustainable future compete and thrive in our hypercompetitive industry. I also find time to explore our beautiful state of Colorado with my wife of 15 years and our two dogs, Mickey and Phyllis.
Our Principles
We are consultative salespeople. Our goal is to identify problems and present solutions.
We are process-oriented. We focus on optimizing and executing repeatable processes that are proven to produce results over time.
We are storytellers. We understand that human beings respond to stories before data and endeavor to relay information in a manner that maximizes information retention and emotional engagement.
We seek to be a trusted resource in the marketplace. We make maximum investment into our professional growth and into providing useful tools so that we provide genuine value to the market.
Meet the Team
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