HVR works in three main areas:
01.
Market Research & Evaluation
02.
Business Development
03.
Grantmaking & Impact Investment Advisory
About
Through Karen’s work at the WellMet Group, a foundation that supports community based innovation by funding emerging nonprofits, she developed a deep understanding of how strategic impactful investments can grow local communities and improve people’s lives. Under her 15 years of leadership, WellMet provided over $2.3 million in grants to nonprofits.
Prior to founding Hudson Varick Resources Ltd. and leading WellMet Group, Karen spent 10 years in the financial services industry where she oversaw a $2 billion fixed-income investment portfolio. She was responsible for investment analysis and decision making, technical structure of transactions, legal documentation and portfolio monitoring including workouts and restructurings.
Karen Hiniker Simons, Principal
Public Projects
Financing a Better Food System:
A Study of Infrastructure Needs and Available Financing in the Hudson Valley