R3 - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Managing Director
- Independent Trustee and Chair of the Board of the Van Eck
Ms. Pigott serves as an independent trustee and Chair of the Board of the Van Eck mutual funds, a multifaceted hard asset family of funds: Van Eck Funds, Van Eck Worldwide Insurance Trust and Van Eck Funds, Inc.
In addition, Ms. Pigott is an active leader in civic organizations. She is a Trustee of Northwestern University and sits on its Investments and Medicine Committees. She serves on the Northwestern Medicine Group Board of Directors, the Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Physician Compensation Subcommittee, and the Finance Committee of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. She is a board member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, serves on its Executive Committee and chairs its IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) Steering Committee. She currently serves as a Life Trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, sits on its Executive Committee, and serves on its Nominating & Governance Committee. She is a board member of the Ryan Opera Center, OPERA America and Cedille Records.
Ms. Pigott is an active speaker and author on leadership, management, diversity and substantive legal and policy topics. She has spoken and presented papers at a wide variety of venues, including twice before the United Nations in conferences held in Paris, France.
Ms. Pigott is an active impact investor through both direct investments and funds. She invests her expertise and resources in enterprises with women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) founders and leaders.
Karol Kimmerly is R3 Group LLC's Client Services Director. She and Managing Director Jane Pigott have been a team for over 34 years. She regularly interfaces with clients to ensure that their needs are met in a high quality and timely fashion.