Maria Elena Drew is a director of research for Responsible Investing at T. Rowe Price. In her current role she leads the Responsible Investing team, which serves as specialists for incorporating environmental and social considerations into the firm’s research process. Maria is on the Investment Advisory Committees of the Emerging Europe Equity, Emerging Markets Discovery Equity, Global Growth Equity, Global Value Equity, International Value Equity, Latin American Equity, and Asia ex-Japan Equity Strategies. In addition, she is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International Ltd, and T. Rowe Price Global Funds.  

Maria’s investment experience began in 1997, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2017, beginning in the International Equity Division. Prior to this, Maria was an equity analyst/portfolio manager and an environmental, social, and governance specialist with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Maria earned a B.A. in economics, with a minor in geology, from Smith College.