Rukaiyah Adams

Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust & TEDx Speaker

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Portland, OR, USA
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Rukaiyah Adams Biography

Rukaiyah Adams is driven by the belief that we are all just trying to take care of one another. A desire to succeed in the capital markets for the benefit of everyday people brought Adams to Meyer.

Before joining Meyer, she was director of investment management at The Standard, where she oversaw the capital markets fund. She started her career as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in San Francisco.

Adams holds a BA from Carleton College with Academic Distinction, a JD from Stanford Law School, where she served on the Law and Policy Review, and an MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business.

She serves on the board of directors of Oregon Public Broadcasting. She also serves as chair of the Oregon Investment Council, the board that manages approximately $90 billion for the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. In the past, she has served on the boards of the Black Coalition on AIDS and Portland Center Stage. Her pro bono work includes negotiating on behalf of the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights, the Homeless Prenatal Project in San Francisco and the National Children’s Defense Fund.

Adams’s proudest moment as a lawyer was serving as a voter rights advocate in Ohio on Election Day 2008, with Counsel for Change.

Adams joined Meyer in 2014. She is a member of Meyer's executive team.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/18/2024.

Rukaiyah Adams Videos

  • Rukaiyah Adams on investing in Portland | TEDxPortland
    Rukaiyah Adams is the chief investment officer at Meyer Memorial Trust and a TEDxPortland speaker. She shared her vision on remaking Portland and...
  • Rukaiyah Adams | 2021 Portland State Commencement address
    Rukaiyah Adams is the Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust. Her job is to grow and use the endowment in ways that align with the...
  • Distant Voices with Rukaiyah Adams
    Rukaiyah Adams thinks this pandemic could rearrange the economic playing field—if it doesn't obliterate that field first.

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