VALERIE RED-HORSE MOHL, of Cherokee ancestry, is President of KNOWN Holdings, a new financial platform focused on accelerating and scaling the BIPOC economy. She is also the CFO of East Bay Community Foundation, founded in 1928, whose mission is to eliminate structural barriers, advance racial equity, and transform political, social, and economic outcomes in the community. In this role, she is brings her experience as a financial professional to lead initiatives focused on 100% mission alignment of portfolio investments, impact investing, racial equity, social justice, ESG and diverse manager selections. Red-Horse Mohl is the former Executive Director/CEO of Social Venture Circle, a non-profit leading the way in the field of social impact investing and sustainable business. In this role she led an organizational merger, restructuring, rebranding, grew the organization by 20% in one year and became a national spokesperson on impact investing and racial equity. She is also CEO/founder of Red-Horse Financial Group, Inc.*, and has more than 25 years of in-depth experience in the financial services, asset management and investment banking industries with a unique expertise in the Native American tribal government sector. Red-Horse Mohl has raised, structured, and managed over $3 billion in capital
BLOOMBERG – “When Wall Street executives talk about diversifying an industry that’s still run mostly by White bosses, chances are good they mean recruitment, retention, mentorship or donating jumbo checks. The four co-founders of a new company, Known Holdings, aren’t worrying about all that. They’re not going to work on improving representation inside big banks — they want people of color in charge of their own finance giants…”
PRESS RELEASE – Valerie Red-Horse Mohl named to new Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity October 4, 2022 (New York, NY) — U.S. Secretary of
ASBN – Valerie Red-Horse Mohl joins ASBN and fellow panelists to discuss their support for the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It is imperative that the voice of business, especially small business, be included in the voting rights debate…
Bloomberg – Watch as Known Holdings co-founder Valerie Red-Horse Mohl discusses the shifting culture on Wall Street, and changes that need to be made for women and minorities with Caroline Hyde, Sonali Basak, and Taylor Riggs on Bloomberg’s “What’d You Miss?”