Zoe L. Van Schyndel, CFA®, lectures on investments and finance at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. She also writes for the investment web site, The Motley Fool, on mutual and hedge fund issues. Van Schyndel was instrumental in initiating the iShares KLD Select Social Index Fund (KLD), one of the first socially responsible exchange-traded funds. Van Schyndel also led the development of the KLD/Russell Mellon family of socially responsible indexes. Previously, she was a New England regional manager at the Securities and Exchange Commission, responsible for regulatory oversight of investment advisors and mutual funds.