Meet Our Team
At Fairlight, we are uniquely positioned to combine our investment experience with a strong working knowledge of the nonprofit ecosystem in order to bring targeted and effective solutions to bear on today’s nonprofit needs. We work with both teams and individuals to manage risk and optimize investments so our clients’ time is free to continue their primary social mission.
Katharine Earhart
Shakespeare was my passion at the University of California, Los Angeles. While I had set out to become a literature professor, my professors encouraged me to join the workforce first before returning to graduate school. That’s when I landed at Charles Schwab, where I found a new passion for educating people about investments, the stock market, and financial planning. I followed that career trajectory for 25+ years, also working for mPower Advisors (an early robo advisory firm for 401k participants), Barclays Global Investors, iShares / BlackRock, and Alesco Advisors. My passion now continues through founding Fairlight.
Maya Lis Tussing
“I take great satisfaction in creating solutions for nonprofits and individuals.”
I had every intention of attending medical school after Pomona College, but when I took a job working on a trading desk for Transamerica, I knew I’d never become a doctor. Instead, I went on to business school at the University of Washington to embark on a career in financial services. In 25 years, I honed my experience in enterprise risk and investment management at corporations such as BlackRock, Barclays Global Investors, Visa, and GE. I take great satisfaction in creating solutions for nonprofits and individuals based on programs deployed at some of the most respected financial services companies in the world.
Deborah Finestone
Deborah Finestone joined Fairlight in 2025 as our business development and marketing associate. Her responsibilities include managing and implementing multi-platform marketing campaigns and initiatives, managing vendor relationships, and business development. She also plans and coordinates webinars, events and conference needs, and supports the website and events for the Social Impact Advisor Network, the collective of nonprofit professionals we sponsor.
Before Deborah joined Fairlight, she started her career as a financial market journalist at Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and other print news outlets. With a deep knowledge in global fixed-income markets, she transitioned to marketing in the financial services sector and other industries. She spent the last 6 years focusing on social media marketing for nonprofits and small businesses.
Deborah holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Jared Holaday
Jared Holaday joined us in 2025 as our operations associate. His experience working in financial advising and client service sparked his passion for helping people understand and manage their finances. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, Fresno, where he also played Division 1 baseball.
Jared focuses on improving internal processes, helping our firm run more smoothly day-to-day, and serving clients so that they can focus on their missions.
Senior Advisors
Chad Spitler
Chad Spitler is the Founder and CEO of Third Economy, a sustainable investment research and advisory firm.
He is best known for helping to build what are now BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship, Sustainable Investing, and Corporate Sustainability teams.
His work helped channel billions of dollars into sustainable investments and catalyzed public companies to integrate long-term thinking into their business strategies.
Vivienne Hsu
Vivienne Hsu is the founder of LENDonate, Inc., a more collaborative financial ecosystem for the nonprofit social sector that gives investors a direct way to expand their impact.
Prior to becoming a full-time social entrepreneur, she spent decades in the financial sector, encompassing investment management, risk modeling, and private banking at U.S. Trust, Charles Schwab Investment Management, and American Century Investments.
She is on the boards of the Los Altos Community Foundation, How Women Lead and Aeris Insights.
