Eric Stephenson is the Portfolio Director at the Cordes Foundation, focused on deploying resources across multiple asset classes and industries to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Previously, Eric was part of the Fund Investment Team at Hamilton Lane, a private markets investment firm with $170BN of assets under management, where he worked to provide private equity investment recommendations to a global client base. Prior to Hamilton Lane, Eric worked in the Global Leasing Group at Xerox Corporation, helping roll out a start-up leasing platform targeting the US small-to-medium business market, while also developing strategic business plans to enter the equipment leasing markets in Latin America and Eastern Europe. Eric is an active member of the Semester at Sea Alumni Association Board of Directors and active alumnus and mentor for the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Career Program.