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FALL INVESTMENT ACADEMY FORUM; THE UMSTEAD HOTEL & SPA, CARY, NC; OCTOBER 25-26, 2022
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AII EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
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FALL INVESTMENT ACADEMY FORUM; THE UMSTEAD HOTEL & SPA, CARY, NC; OCTOBER 25-26, 2022
DAY ONE - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022
8:30 am – 10:00 am –
“Allocator Only” Pre-Conference – Breakfast Meet-Up
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10:15 am – 11:00 am
Main Conference Registration & Networking Time at The Umstead Hotel, Cary, North Carolina
Website: https://www.theumstead.com/
Address: 100 Woodland Pond Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Phone: 919.447.4000
Closest Airport: (RDU) Raleigh-Durham International Airport (10-minute drive to Umstead Hotel)
Attire: Business Casual
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11:00 am – 11:15 am
Welcome to the Fall Investment Academy Forum 2022 & Introduction to Forum Co-Chairs
Forum Host: Andrea Szigethy, Founder, CEO & President, Academy for Institutional Investors, LLC
Fall Forum Co-Chairs:
Katherine Molnar, CIO, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System
Liza Scott, Assistant Treasurer/Director of Asset Management, Dominion Energy, Inc.
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11:15 am – 11:45 am
Opening Keynote Address: The Dynamics of Passive Investing and Its Impact on Market Structure
Passive investing has rapidly become the default option for new asset purchases in the market. What are the
consequences of passive, rules-based investing behavior, and does this activity portend the potential for extremes in
both directions?
Keynote Speaker:
Michael Green, Portfolio Manager & Chief Strategist, Simplify Asset Management
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11:45 am – 12:15 pm
LP Interview with Michael Green & Questions from the Academy Community
Interviewers:
Katherine Molnar, Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System
Andy Spellar, Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System
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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Special Keynote CIO Fireside Chat (Session Topic Currently Under Development)
Moderator: Donna Snider, Chief Investment Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
Keynote Panelists: Amy Diamond, Chief Investment Officer, USC - University of Southern California
Kim Lew, President & Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Investment Management Company
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 (Continued)
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Networking Luncheon on the Umstead Ballroom Terrace
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2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
After Lunch Keynote with Jason DeSena Trennert – Topic TBD
Keynote Speaker: Jason Trennert, Chairman & Chief Investment Strategist, Strategas
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
An LP Interview & Q&A with Jason DeSena Trennert
Interviewer: Susanne Gealy, Senior Director, CommonSpirit Health
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
The Biotech Revolution: Healthcare Innovation & Investment Opportunities
What are the investment opportunities in Biotech and Healthcare Innovation and how do you go about picking the
winners? Is now the time to invest in this space?
Moderator: Mike Condon, Head of Portfolio Management, Fund Evaluation Group (FEG)
Panelists: James W. Brush, M.D., General Partner & Portfolio Manager, Frazier Life Sciences
Eli Casdin, Chief Investment Officer, Casdin Capital
Elise Wang, Partner, Deerfield
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Afternoon Networking Break on the Umstead Ballroom Terrace
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5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Impact Investing – What’s Attainable & Why Bother?
Does ESG impact investing mean giving up returns? How are LPs evaluating the opportunities and tradeoffs? What are
the Private and Public opportunities? Greenwashing is everywhere! Do I have to divest from carbon? How are investors
making underlying portfolio decisions that fit their programs? This session will look at the returns, impact realities &
myths of ESG investing.
Moderator: David Jeffrey, Partner, London, StepStone
Panelists:
Kunle Apampa, Director & Head of Client Advisory & Partnerships, Capricorn Investment Group
Susanne Gealy, Senior Director, CommonSpirit Health
Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 (Continued)
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Global Investment Opportunities Outside of the U.S. (India, China, SE Asia & Beyond)
Moderator: Michael Green, Portfolio Manager & Chief Strategist, Simplify Asset Management
Panelists: Celia Dallas, Chief Investment Strategist, Cambridge Associates
Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Marcellus Investment Managers
John Pinkel, Portfolio Manager & Partner, Indus Capital
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DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Allocator “Closed Door” Breakfast Meet-Up
This closed-door breakfast session creates the opportunity for LPs to come together to discuss the challenges they face
and brainstorm solutions in an intimate, informal atmosphere. The interactive format allows time for candid conversations
and enables participants to collaborate with one another. This is a great time for allocators to reconnect with one another
and meet new members.
Breakfast Table Facilitators:
J.P. Boyd, Director of Investments, Golden LEAF Foundation
James W. Brush, M.D., General Partner & Portfolio Manager, Frazier Life Sciences
Celia Dallas, Chief Investment Strategist, Cambridge Associates
Christine Kelleher, Chief of Investments, National Gallery of Art
Emily Sumner, Chief Investment Officer, Gilder Office for Growth
Mark Steed, Chief Investment Officer, Arizona PSPRS Trust
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8:00 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast for all Other Attendees
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DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022 (Continued)
10:15 am – 11:00 am
How to Access Returns Through Litigation Finance & Other Uncorrelated Strategies
Learn what attracted both Eva Shang and Brandon Baer to building both of their firms within this very unique space.
Why did they both decide to pursue this type of investing on the inefficient side of the market? Dip Financing, legal
financing, bankruptcy, etc. How do you provide access to high-quality litigation finance assets in an increasingly
expanding market? How do you get exposure to this asset class? Hear from two very distinguished managers who have
very different stories along with LPs who are currently active in this space. In addition, hear from Boris Ziser on how
funding remains a strong investment in the face of rising inflation and interest rates.
Moderator: Mark E. Roberts, Chief Investment Officer, Ironsides Asset Advisors
Panelists:
Brandon Baer, Founding Partner & CIO, Contingency Capital
David Gilmore, Chief Investment Officer, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Eva Shang, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Legalist
Boris Ziser, Partner & Co-Head of Structured Finance & Derivatives, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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11:00 am – 11:30 am
Afternoon Networking Break on the Umstead Ballroom Terrace
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11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Conversation with CIO’s: Building an Alternative Investment Program from Scratch
Moderator: Michael Reist, Director, Avec Capital
Panelists: Judy Chambers, Managing Principal, Private Markets Consultant, Meketa Investment Group
Andrew Palmer, Chief Investment Officer, Maryland State Retirement & Pension System
Mark Steed, Chief Investment Officer, Arizona PSPRS Trust
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12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
How are the Dynamics of Real Estate Changing for Investors?
What investment trends are impacting both investors and managers in the current economic landscape? Why is it
important to think differently about the entire real estate ecosystem? What are the inflation nuances and the growth
areas of Real Estate? What are the opportunities in both public and private real estate and the benefits and challenges
of each? How do you access emerging early-stage real estate managers? How does DEI and ESG play into your decision-
making process when investing in a RE Manager?
Moderator: Dan Ward, Chief Investment Officer, Virginia Tech Foundation
Panelists: Brad Creel, Director of Real Estate Investments, Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co.
Larissa Herczeg, Managing Partner, CIO – Seeding & Strategic Capital, Oak Street Real Estate Capital
Michael Simanovsky, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Conversant Capital
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Networking Luncheon on the Umstead Ballroom Terrace
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DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022 (Continued)
PICK UP A GLASS OF WINE OR BEER ON YOUR WAY BACK FROM LUNCH!
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2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Opportunities in Digital Assets: Understanding the Real World & What Should Investors Consider?
How are institutional investors adopting digital currencies and implemented them into their portfolios? Should LPs and
GPs dive into crypto? What are the current opportunities and challenges when it comes to the metaverse, gaming and
NFTs? How will regulation take shape over the next few years? This panel of experts will discuss real life examples and
what you need to know if you are entering this space.
Moderator: Katherine Molnar, CIO, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System
Panelists: Steve Binetter, Portfolio Manager, Marshall Wace
Tracy Fong, Partner – Private Markets Investment Due Diligence Analyst, Albourne Partners
Thejas Nalval, Co-Founder & CIO, Parataxis Capital Management
Chris Solarz, CIO of Digital Assets, The Forest Road Company
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2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Allocating & Diligence to Early-Stage Venture Investing
Moderator: Kate Sidebottom Simpson, Principal, TrueBridge Capital
Panelists: Lisa Cawley, Fund Investments, Knollwood Investment Advisory
McKeever “Mac” Conwell II, Founder & Managing Partner, RareBreed Ventures
Brian Garrett, Co-Founder, Crosscut Capital
Dana Johns, Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity, Maryland State Retirement & Pension System
Jamie Rhode, Vice President, Verdis Investment Management
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3:30 pm – 4:10 pm
Part I: Keynote Closing Address: Still Fed Up: Weathering the Recession Storm
Forty years is a long time. Most in the world of investing and finance have not been in the industry in a time of inflation
and the aggressive Federal Reserve policy it invites. Yesteryear’s playbook is irrelevant against such a backdrop.
Investors must plan accordingly with an eye to monetary policy and a realistic view on how prolonged the current
recession will be as well as the opportunities that will arise as recovery is pondered.
Keynote Speaker: Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO & Chief Strategist, Quill Intelligence
4:10 pm – 4:30 pm
Part II: Fireside Chat with Danielle DiMartino Booth
Interviewer: William Heard, Founder, CEO & CIO, Heard Capital
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4:30 pm - Closing Remarks – End of The Fall Investment Academy Forum 2022
Complimentary Shuttle Bus to (RDU) Raleigh Durham Airport will Depart the Umstead Hotel at
4:50 pm and 5:15 pm. Please email Carey Jaquez cjaquez@academyforinstitutionalinvestors.org if
you would like to reserve a seat on one of our complimentary airport shuttles.
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (AII)
Academy for Institutional Investors, LLC (AII) is a boutique, woman owned, non-commercial
educational investment conference provider offering intimate roundtable discussions (The
Academy’s Allocator Investment Huddles) and mid-sized member forums (Fall & Spring Forums)
for senior investment decision-makers from leading endowments, foundations, pension funds,
healthcare, insurance, single family offices (SFOs), multi-family offices (MFOs), OCIOs,
consultants, asset management firms and other financial institutions. The Investment Institute
(TII) was originally founded in 2008 specifically to educate institutional investors and managers
in North Carolina as well as the surrounding southeastern states. In 2016, TII expanded to
include allocators and managers from around the country, while still maintaining a strong
emphasis on the southeast where our roots were formed. In March of 2021, Andrea Szigethy
decided to re-brand TII to a new name Academy for Institutional Investors (AII). The Academy
features some of the most well-known experts, leading asset owners, as well as policy makers,
Andrea Szigethy economists, research strategists, leadership authorities, money managers and some of the
Founder, CEO & President most prominent institutional investors from around the country bringing them together for
Academy for Institutional face-to-face conversations and debates in unique venues in the Southeast. The programs cover
complex issues surrounding the financial industry and the speaker faculty analyzes risk while
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revealing many opportunities in the current market environment. A hallmark of the Academy
is that the number of allocators who attend will always surpass the number of managers at
each program. Exchanging information and “trading notes” with one another at our allocator
breakfast discussions, truly sets the Academy apart from other conference organizations. (AII)
limits attendance at our Fall & Spring Member Forums, to less than 250 participants to enable
members to meet everyone while sharing their intellectual knowledge with one another.
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FALL FORUM FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
Kunle Apampa, Director and Head of Client Advisory & Partnerships at Capricorn Investment Group
Kunle Apampa is the Director and Head of Client Advisory & Partnerships at Capricorn Investment Group. Prior to Capricorn in 2021, Kunle was Vice
President and COO at Goldman Sachs Imprint, an ESG & Impact Investment platform within Alternative Investments & Manager Selection group in
the Asset Management Division. Kunle spent over a decade at Goldman Sachs, holding several leadership roles within the firm’s Global Markets
division as well as the Finance division. Kunle holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering, specializing in Energy, Environment & Economics, from the Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago. Kunle is based in New York City.
James W. Brush, M.D., General Partner & Portfolio Manager, Frazier Life Sciences
Jamie is a General Partner and Portfolio Manager on the Frazier Life Sciences team and co-leads Frazier’s public equity investment strategy. Jamie
joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2016 and invests in private and public development stage biotechnology companies. Jamie co-leads the Frazier
Life Sciences public investment strategy and serves as a co-Portfolio Manager of the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund (FLSPF). Jamie co-led Frazier’s
investment in Amunix Pharmaceuticals (sold to Sanofi), where he represented Frazier on the company’s board of directors. Prior to joining Frazier,
Jamie was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a core member of the Healthcare Practice. In this capacity, he
led projects involving Biotechnology mergers and acquisitions, R&D, manufacturing, and business development strategy. Jamie received his M.D.
from the University of Southern California, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society, and his B.A. from Middlebury College.
He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
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Lisa Cawley, Fund Investments, Knollwood Investment Advisory
Lisa focuses on Knollwood’s venture fund investments, leading fund due diligence, investment data analytics, and portfolio monitoring and
forecasting. Lisa joined Knollwood from Ernst & Young, where she served on private equity, venture capital, and public CPG clients. Lisa earned an
MBA and an MSF from Loyola University Maryland, and she obtained a BBA in Accounting with a double minor in Information Systems and Spanish
from Loyola University Maryland. Lisa holds a CPA from the State of Maryland and is a CFA Level III Candidate.
McKeever “Mac” Conwell II, Founder & Managing Partner, RareBreed Ventures
McKeever “Mac” Conwell II is a software engineer by trade and was a former DOD contractor with a top-secret clearance. He was a two-time founder
with an exit and a failure. Next Mac moved on to the venture capital world via the Maryland Technology Development Corporation as part of their
Seed Investment Team.During his four years there, Mac amassed experience leading an initiative to create the Minority Business Pre-seed Fund, the
first and only, at the time, state-backed pre-seed fund for women and minorities in the country. The program institutionalized the friends and family
round for black-, women-, and minority-led startups and was subsequently funded long-term by the state of Maryland. In 2021 Mac
founded RareBreed VC, a $10M pre-seed fund that he raised mostly off of Twitter, that invests in exceptional founders outside of large tech
ecosystems.
Brad Creel, Director of Real Estate Investments, Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co.
Brad Creel is the Director of Real Estate Investments for the Lockheed Martin Investment Management Company (LMIMCo), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. LMIMCo manages the Corporation's pension and savings trusts, including its $30 billion defined benefit
plan. Mr. Creel’s responsibilities include strategy formulation, investment underwriting, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring. Prior
to joining Lockheed Martin in 2013, Mr. Creel was a Portfolio Manager focusing on real estate investments for the $80 billion North Carolina
Retirement System. During his time at Lockheed Martin alone, Brad has overseen the deployment of over $6 billion to real estate investments. He
is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
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Amy Diamond, Chief Investment Officer, USC - University of Southern California
Amy Diamond is the Chief Investment Officer of the University of Southern California. Diamond heads the university’s Investment Office, is part of
the president’s senior leadership team, and oversees USC’s $8 billion endowment. She joined USC in 2020 after serving two decades as Managing
Director of Private Investments and Real Assets with Northwestern University’s Investment Office. Prior to joining Northwestern, Diamond was an
Equity Research Analyst for several investment banks, including Dillon, Read & Co., and Vector Securities, where she led coverage of companies in
the energy and health care services industries. Diamond earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from George Washington University
and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO & Chief Strategist, Quill Intelligence LLC
Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO & Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm celebrating its one-year anniversary of
launching The Daily Feather and the four-year anniversary of the Weekly Quill. DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining
how markets intelligence is conceived and delivered with the goal of not only guiding portfolio managers, but promoting financial literacy. To build
QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both
in the United States and globally. Since inception, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth’s The Daily Feather have appeared in other financial
sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD
Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more. A global thought leader on monetary policy, economics and finance, DiMartino Booth founded Quill
Intelligence in 2018. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a full-time
columnist for Bloomberg View, a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN
Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets. Prior to Quill, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
where she served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed
focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as
a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University
of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.
Tracy Fong, Partner – Private Markets Investment Due Diligence Analyst, Albourne Partners
Tracy Fong is an alternative investment professional with over 23 years of experience across startups, public technology companies, investment
banking, alternatives endowment management, fixed income and foreign exchange, and strategic equities management. She has a passion for global,
complex and emergent investment opportunities, e.g. international startup investments in 2004, emerging markets debt in 2008, healthcare
structured investments in 2015, SaaS revenue-based loans and marketplace lending in 2016, technology company SPACs in 2017, and crypto assets
in ~2014-2017. With ~23 years of experience across Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, Ms. Tracy Fong is a Partner and Private Markets Investment Due Diligence
Analyst at Albourne Partners, a leading investment consulting firm that advises on over $650bn of alternative assets to over 300 institutional clients.
She leads the Firm’s global Venture Capital coverage (including crypto/blockchain) and previously served as the co-chair of the Private Markets
Investment Committee. Ms. Fong was previously a Managing Director at SVB Capital’s $4bn+ VC fund-of-funds and direct VC fund. Ms. Fong also
spent four years at the Harvard University endowment, Harvard Management Company, where she was Vice President of Alternative Assets and
worked on HMC’s $20bn+ alternatives portfolio construction, investment manager selection, and direct natural resources transactions (including
timber and agriculture). Her Venture Capital experience included allocations to prominent access-constrained firms and strategic transactions
resulting from the IPOs of numerous portfolio companies. Prior to business school, she also worked at Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) on the Corporate
Finance and Treasury Team during the Web 2.0 era, where her group managed Yahoo!’s $4bn+ fixed income portfolio; worked on structured
transactions; and helped manage 30 acquisitions, including the landmark joint venture with Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). Ms. Fong has also worked in
Investment Banking at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs where she worked on Technology Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance transactions
including the IPO of Netscreen Technologies (NASDAQ: NSCN) and NPTest Holding (NASDAQ: NPTT). During the first technology boom, Ms. Fong
began her career at two startup companies, Webvan Group (NASDAQ: WBVN) and Varsitybooks.com. Webvan, a Sequoia and Benchmark-backed
company, was one of the first online grocery delivery services, was called by CNET one of the most well-known companies of the dot-com / Web 1.0
era. Ms. Fong received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley (honors recognition) and an M.B.A. from Harvard
Business School.
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Susanne Gealy, Senior Director, Investments, CommonSpirit Health
Susanne Gealy is a Senior Director of the investments team at CommonSpirit Health (formerly Dignity Health) and is based in San Francisco. She leads
the organization’s public equity and directional hedge fund investments. In 2019, Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiative merged to form
CommonSpirit Health, which is the largest not-for-profit health system in the US, dedicated to providing quality, compassionate health care. The
organization has a $21 billion investment portfolio, allocated across the long-term strategic operations, retirement benefits, endowment, and
insurance pools of capital. Prior to joining Dignity Health in 2018, Susanne spent 10 years at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, in Austin, a
$150 billion retirement plan. At TRS, she was responsible for the $26 billion external equity investment program comprising US, international,
emerging markets, and global equity managers, and actively participated in the emerging manager program of newer, smaller and/or diversity
oriented investment managers. Before joining TRS, Susanne worked in New York at Investcorp, Lazard Asset Management, a family office, and Banc
of America Securities. She began her career in finance at JP Morgan in equity derivatives. Prior to attending business school, Susanne worked in the
field of structural engineering in San Francisco. Susanne holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She has a M.S.
and B.S. in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
David Gilmore, Chief Investment Officer, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
David Gilmore joined The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation in 2014 to help build their first investment office. The Foundation has $3.2 billion
in assets and will make over $130 million in grants in 2022. The portfolio is invested across all asset classes including hedge funds, private equity,
venture capital and real assets. David is responsible for the design and implementation of the Foundation’s strategic and tactical asset allocation,
investment manager selection, risk management, and market research. Prior to joining the Foundation, David helped start The Ohio State University
investment office in 2009 and served in several senior roles. The investment office was responsible for the investment management of the University’s
$3.5 billion long-term investment pool. David was previously a partner at Gerber/Taylor Capital Advisors, Gerber/Taylor is an independent investment
advisory firm. During his tenure the firm consulted on over $20 billion in assets and managed over $3 billion in discretionary fund of funds mainly
focused on hedge funds and private equity investments. David earned his BBA from Baylor University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance
from the University of Memphis. David holds the Certified Financial Planner™ professional (CFP®) designation and the Chartered Alternative
Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.
Michael Green, Portfolio Manager & Chief Strategist, Simplify Asset Management
Michael has been a student of markets and market structure, for nearly 30 years. His proprietary research into the shift from actively managed
portfolios and investment funds to systematic passive investment strategies has been presented to the Federal Reserve, the BIS, the IMF and
numerous other industry groups and associations. Michael joined Simplify in April 2021 after serving as Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for
Logica Capital Advisers, LLC. Prior to Logica, Michael managed macro strategies at Thiel Macro, LLC, an investment firm that manages the personal
capital of Peter Thiel. Prior to Thiel, Michael founded Ice Farm Capital, a discretionary global macro hedge fund seeded by Soros Fund Management.
From 2006-2014, Michael founded and managed the New York office of Canyon Capital Advisors, a $23B multi-strategy hedge fund based in Los
Angeles, CA, where he established their global macro strategies, managing in excess of $5B of exposure across equity, credit, FX, commodity and
derivative markets. In addition to his work as a market theorist and portfolio manager, Michael has been noted for his work as a public speaker and
financial media participant. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a CFA holder.
Larissa Herczeg, Managing Partner, CIO – Seeding & Strategic Capital, Oak Street Real Estate Capital
Larissa Herczeg is a Managing Partner of Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Ms. Herczeg is
responsible for all aspects of Oak Street’s Seeding & Strategic Capital business, including investment sourcing, due diligence, selection and portfolio
management and reporting. Ms. Herczeg focuses on sourcing, due diligence, investment monitoring and serving on advisory boards for Oak Street’s
SASC business. Select activities include co-founding Women in Real Estate, serving as a Trustee of Roosevelt University, Co-Chair of the Roosevelt
University Women’s Leadership Council, a mentor for the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leader’s In Real Estate Initiative, a mentor for the Toigo
Foundation and has served as a guest speaker at the University of California-Berkeley, Kellogg School of Management and the University of Notre
Dame. Prior to Oak Street, Ms. Herczeg was responsible for global real estate investing at Morgan Creek Capital Management, Franklin Templeton
Real Estate Advisors and the Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group (now known as GCM Grosvenor). Ms. Herczeg received a B.A. with
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honors in Government and Economics from the University of Notre Dame, a Master’s degree with honors in International Affairs from Columbia
University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from Columbia University Law School.
Kim Lew, President & Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Investment Management Company
Kim Y. Lew is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Columbia Investment Management Company, responsible for managing the University’s
endowment. She came to Columbia from Carnegie Corporation of New York, where she worked for more than a decade, most recently as Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer. Lew began her career at Chemical Bank as a credit analyst, after receiving her BS in economics from The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to graduate with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992, after which she
joined Prudential Capital Group and then the Ford Foundation, where she spent more than a decade, first as a portfolio strategist investing in the
technology sector and then as a senior manager responsible for the organization’s private equity investments.
Katherine Molnar, CIO, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System (Fall Forum Co-Chair)
Ms. Molnar joined Fairfax County Retirement Systems in 2013 and currently serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Fairfax County Police Officers
Retirement System, a $2 billion plan. Her responsibilities include all aspects of portfolio management and oversight, including strategic and tactical
asset and risk allocation, selection and supervision of external investment managers and risk management. From 2001 until 2012, Ms. Molnar was
Vice President, Senior Research Analyst at AIG Investments’ Hedge Fund Solutions Group – both in London and New York. At AIG Investments, Ms.
Molnar was responsible for due diligence procedures and research including: sourcing new managers, monitoring current hedge funds, analyzing
portfolio risk and performance, making new investment recommendations to an investment committee as well as hedge fund asset allocation
recommendations for portfolio construction. She was additionally responsible for portfolio reviews and overall asset allocation recommendations
for external client portfolios. Previously, she was Vice President, Market Research Analyst at Citigroup Investments’ Alternative Investment Strategies
group. Prior investment management experience includes positions at Paribas Asset Management as well as Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen.
Additionally, Ms. Molnar spent one year in Warsaw, Poland launching the first retail mutual funds available to the Polish market as well as two years
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in Frankfurt, Germany as an intern with J.P. Morgan. Ms. Molnar received a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a CFA charterholder.
Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Marcellus Investment Managers
Saurabh Mukherjea is the Founder and CIO of Marcellus. Saurabh was educated at the London School of Economics where he earned a BSc in
Economics (with First Class Honours) and an MSc in Economics. In London, Saurabh was the co-founder of Clear Capital and in 2007 he was rated by
the Extel Survey as one of the top small cap analysts in the UK. In India, Saurabh was rated as the leading equity strategist in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by
the Asiamoney polls. Prior to setting up Marcellus, Saurabh was the CEO of Ambit Capital. Upon SEBI’s invitation, he joined SEBI’s Mutual Fund
Advisory Committee. In 2019, Saurabh was part of the Expert Committee constituted by SEBI to upgrade the PMS regulations. Saurabh has written
four bestselling books.
Thejas Nalval Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Parataxis Capital
Thejas Nalval is a co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Parataxis Capital. Thejas was previously a portfolio manager with digital asset hedge
fund LedgerPrime and Head of Asset Management at the Element Group. Prior to joining the digital asset space, Thejas spent 8 years at Goldman
Sachs, most recently as a trader within the firm’s Macro Trading group. Thejas is a graduate of the Stern School of Business at NYU (MBA) and Rutgers
University (BA).
Andrew Palmer, Chief Investment Officer, Maryland State Retirement & Pension System
Andrew Palmer, CFA is the Chief Investment Officer for the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. In this role, he is responsible for the day-
to-day operations of the System’s investment division and has overall responsibility for the System’s investment program. Previously he was the
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Director of Fixed Income for the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. In addition to his role as Director of
Fixed Income, he led the construction of a Strategic Lending Portfolio, was a member of the Private Equity and Real Estate Committees and shared
in the responsibility for tactical asset allocation and new product development. He began his career at ASB Capital Management, a Bethesda,
Maryland based institutional advisory firm. Mr. Palmer is a member of the University of Maryland, Economics Leadership Council, and the ILPA, has
been active in the CFA program and was President of the Washington Association of Money Managers. He received a BA and an MA in Economics
from the University of Maryland.
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Liza Scott, Assistant Treasurer/Director of Asset Management, Dominion Energy (Fall Forum Co-Chair)
Liza Scott joined Dominion Energy, Inc. in January 2020 as the Director of Asset Management/Assistant Treasurer where she oversees over $20 billion
of pension and other assets. Prior to joining Dominion, she spent 11 years at Spider Management Company, the investment office of the University
of Richmond and outsourced investment office for over 25 other endowments and foundations. Before Spider Management, she was an Associate
at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in New York. Prior to attending business school, Liza was a high school teacher at a New York City public
school through the New York Teaching Fellows program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in foreign affairs and Spanish from the University of Virginia
and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. Liza serves on the Virginia College Savings Plan Investment Advisory Committee,
the University of Virginia Foundation Board of Directors and the MCV Foundation Board of Trustees.
Andy Spellar, Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System
Mr. Spellar is Chief Investment Officer for the $4.1 billion Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System located in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
Mr. Spellar oversees all aspects of the DB Plan’s investment portfolio, and has worked previously for Parametric Portfolio Associates, GIT
Investment Funds and as an independent registered investment advisor. Mr. Spellar holds an MBA from Marymount University and BA's in History
and European Studies from George Mason University.
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Emily Sumner, Chief Investment Officer, Gilder Office for Growth
Emily serves as the Chief Investment Officer and chair of the investment committee at the firm. In her role, Emily provides oversight and guidance in
managing and coordinating all aspects of investment activities and strategies consistent with its mission, objectives, and established policies. Prior
to joining the firm, Emily was an Investment Officer at Oklahoma State University and a Vice President within the Investment Management Group at
Hatteras Funds where she focused on sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management of alternative investments strategies across public and
private asset classes. Emily received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph Macon College with majors in both Business/Economics and
Accounting. Emily also obtained her Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in finance from the University of North Carolina,
Kenan-Flagler Business School. Emily is a CFA® charterholder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Elise Wang, Partner and Head of Private Equity Capital Markets, Deerfield
Elise Wang is a Partner and Head of Private Equity Capital Markets on the Public Structured Finance team and joined the Firm in 2010. Ms. Wang
provides extensive research and analysis on individual companies operating in the healthcare industry in both the US and Europe. Ms. Wang is a
board member of Jaguar Gene Therapy. Prior to Deerfield, Ms. Wang was a Senior Research Analyst and Managing Director covering the
biotechnology sector at PaineWebber and Citigroup. She began her career in healthcare as a venture capitalist and banker at PaineWebber and was
an officer of PaineWebber Development Corporation, which managed nearly $1 billion in assets representing three PaineWebber funds and several
research and development limited partnerships (RDLPs) invested in biotechnology and high technology companies. Ms. Wang holds an A.B. in
Engineering Sciences with a specialty in Biomechanics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital
Lauren Taylor Wolfe is co-founder and Managing Partner of Impactive Capital, a $2.5 Billion impact oriented active investing firm. Impactive Capital
help companies allocate capital effectively and ethically to drive more sustainable, profitable and valuable businesses for all stakeholders. Prior to
founding Impactive Capital she spent 10 years at investment firm, Blue Harbour Group, as a Managing Director and Investing Partner. Prior to joining
Blue Harbour in 2007, Lauren was a Portfolio Manager at SIAR Capital, where she invested in small capitalization public companies and private
companies. Lauren received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. magna cum laude from Cornell
University. Lauren has been active on various boards including, $9 Billion TEV HD Supply [Nasdaq: HDS], 30% Club Steering Committee, an Angel
Member of 100 Women in Finance
Boris Ziser, Partner & Co-Head of Structured Finance & Derivatives, Schulte Roth & Zabel
Boris Ziser is co-head of the firm’s Finance & Derivatives Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. With almost 25 years of experience
across diverse asset classes, Boris focuses on asset-backed securitizations, warehouse facilities, secured financings and commercial paper conduits.
His practice encompasses a variety of asset classes, including life settlements, litigation funding, equipment leases, structured settlements, lottery
receivables, timeshare loans, merchant cash advances and cell towers, in addition to other esoteric asset classes such as intellectual property, various
insurance-related cash flows and other cash flow producing assets. He also represents investors, lenders, hedge funds, private equity funds and
finance companies in acquisitions and dispositions of portfolios of assets and financings secured by those portfolios. Recognized as a leading lawyer
in the industry, Boris is ranked in Chambers USA, Chambers Global and The Legal 500 US for his work in structured finance. He serves as outside
general counsel to the Institutional Longevity Markets Association (ILMA) and is a member of the Structured Finance Committee of the New York
City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Esoteric Assets Committee and Risk Retention Task Force of the Structured Finance
Association. A frequent speaker at securitization industry conferences, Boris has conducted various securitization, litigation funding and life
settlement seminars in the United States and abroad. Boris has been interviewed for the article “Attorneys Must Tread Carefully in Litigation
Funding’s Next Stage,” published in Law360, and the articles “SRZ’s Leading Litigation Finance Practice: Holistic Expertise for a Booming Asset Class”
and “Life Settlements and Longevity Swaps: Opportunities for Investors, Individuals, Insurers and Pension Funds,” both published in The Hedge Fund
Journal. Most recently, his speaking engagements have included “Macro Trends in Litigation Finance: What Does 2021 Have in Store?” at the IMN
Litigation Finance Virtual Series and “Litigation Funding: Market Roundtable,” an SRZ Webinar.
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Managing Directors, Principals, Senior Investment Associates, and other Financial Professionals. When you Register for
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Fall Investment Academy Forum
October 25-26, 2022
The Umstead Hotel, Cary, North Carolina
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Allocator Investment Huddle
December 5-6, 2022
Barings Global Headquarters, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dinner on Dec. 5th & Full Day Huddle on Dec. 6th
Limited to 25 Allocators and 5 Managers
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March 1-2, 2023
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina
Dinner on Mar. 1st & Full Day Huddle on Mar. 2nd
Limited to 25 Allocators and 5 Managers
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