We are writing this letter to you to let you know about important changes here at Brody Weiser Burns – changes that we hope will help us to better meet our core mission of serving clients and organizations seeking to create a more just society.  In order to strengthen our service offerings and sharpen our focus, we will be dividing our current work into three separate practice groups under the Brody Weiser Burns umbrella:

1. Brody Social Investing LLC.  This firm will focus on PRIs and mission-related investing from beginning to end: due diligence, deal structuring, deal closing, monitoring, restructuring for individual PRIs, as well as PRI guidelines and portfolio management.  The firm will be led by Francie Brody. 

1. BWB Solutions LLC.  This firm will focus on increasing the strength and sustainability of nonprofits, social ventures and multi-sector partnerships.  It will have a special focus on governance, strategic planning and organizational development.   BWB Solutions LLC will be operated and managed by Mike Burns, Kevin McQueen and John Weiser.

1. Opportunities Exchange  We have created a nonprofit project, incubated at Third Sector New England, which will expand our work in building market innovations that benefit low income people.  The initial focus will be on creating shared service alliances – back office intermediaries that help child care centers and family child care providers to lower costs, increase wages and improve quality.  John Weiser will be this nonprofit’s executive director.

We launched all three of these practice groups officially on January 1, 2009.

We look forward to continuing to provide you with excellent service.  Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Francie Brody	Mike Burns	Kevin McQueen	John Weiser