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Asset Owners Finalists

Asset Management/Servicing Finalists

Asset Owners Finalists

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Robin Diamonte (UTC)

CIO of the Year

  • Ash Williams (Florida State Board of Investment)

Corporate DB Below $20 Billion

  • Doug Brown (Exelon)
  • Dennis Duerst (3M Investment Management Corp.)
  • Jonathan Glidden (Delta Air Lines) Winner
  • Kathleen Lutito (CenturyLink Investment Management)

Corporate DB Above $20 Billion

  • Jeanmarie Grisi (Nokia)
  • Jeff Lewis (FedEx)
  • Graeme Miller (TelstraSuper)
  • Andy Ward (Boeing)
  • Bob Watson (Fiat Chrysler)
  • Rob Sparling (Dow Chemical) Winner

Defined Contribution Plan

  • Dennis Duerst (3M Investment Management Corp.)
  • Jeanmarie Grisi (Nokia)
  • Karen L. Parkhill (Medtronic)
  • Hugh Penney (Yale University)
  • Andy Ward (Boeing)
  • Mark Fawcett (NEST) Winner

Public Defined Benefit Below $20 Billion

  • Elizabeth Burton (Hawaii Employees Retirement System) Winner
  • Bob Maynard (Idaho PERSI)
  • Molly Murphy (Orange County ERS)
  • Tim Price (Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Association)
  • Jeb Burns (MERS of Michigan)

Public Defined Benefit between $20-100 Billion

  • Scott Davis (Indiana PRS)
  • Paul Greff (Ohio PERS)
  • Jim Grossman (PA PSERS) Winner
  • Stan Rupnik (Illinois TRS)
  • Jeff Wendling (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)

Public Defined Benefit Above $100 Billion

  • Jerry Albright (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
  • Tom Lee (New York State Teachers’ Retirement System)
  • Mark Machin (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)
  • Michael Sabia (CDPQ)
  • John Skjervem (Oregon Investment Council (OPERF))
  • Ash Williams (Florida State Board of Investment) Winner

Health Care Organization

  • Cameron Black (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona)
  • Jason Klein (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
  • Leslie Lenzo (Advocate Health Care) Winner
  • Alyssa Rieder (Dignity Health)
  • J.C. Stilley (UPMC)

Foundation

  • Elizabeth Hewitt (The Sloan Foundation)
  • Rick Kraich (West Virginia University Foundation)
  • Lisa Murray (Kauffman Foundation)
  • Tim Recker (James Irvine Foundation)
  • Joel Wittenberg (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Winner

Endowment

  • Mark Baumgartner (Institute for Advanced Study) Winner
  • Meredith Jenkins (Trinity Wall Street)
  • Anne Martin (Wesleyan University)
  • Karl Scheer (University of Cincinnati)
  • Jon Terbell (Babson College)

Sovereign Wealth Fund

  • Marcus Frampton (Alaska Permanent Fund) Winner
  • Stephen Gilmore (New Zealand Super)
  • Jeffrey Jaensubhakij (GIC)
  • Peter Madsen (The Utah School and Institutional Trust Funds Office (SITFO))
  • Paul Scott (Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company)

ESG

  • Mikael Angberg (AP1)
  • Tim Brennan (Unitarian Universalist Association)
  • Christoph Flad (Evangelische Landeskirche Bayern)
  • Ben Meng (CalPERS) Winner
  • Hiro Mizuno (GPIF)
  • Bryan Pini (Mercy Investment Services)

Collaboration

  • Jim Bethea (University of Iowa Center for Advancement Foundation)
  • Sanjay Chawla (FM Global)
  • Rob Manilla (The Kresge Foundation)
  • Charles Van Vleet (Textron) Winner
  • Shawn Wischmeier (Margaret Cargill Foundation)

Risk Management

  • Mark Baumgartner (Institute for Advanced Study)
  • Vincent Morin (Air Canada) Winner
  • Mark Schmid (University of Chicago)
  • J.C. Stilley (UPMC)
  • David Villa (SWIB)

Asset Management/Servicing Finalists

Public Fixed Income

  • Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
  • Beach Point Capital Management Winner
  • Capital Group
  • DoubleLine
  • Income Research + Management
  • Loomis, Sayles & Co.

Private Credit

  • Ares Capital
  • Benefit Street Partners
  • Cerberus Capital Management
  • Crescent Capital Group
  • Oak Hill Capital Partners
  • Owl Rock Capital Partners Winner

Public Equity

  • Ariel Investments Winner
  • Artisan Partners
  • Baillie Gifford
  • Kayne Anderson Rudnick
  • Marathon Asset Management

Private Equity

  • Advent International
  • Atlas Venture
  • Bain Capital
  • Brightstar Capital Partners
  • New Mountain Capital
  • RedBird Capital Partners Winner

Multi-Asset

  • Bridgewater Associates Winner
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Mellon Capital
  • PAAMCO Prisma
  • PIMCO

Hedge Fund

  • Bridgewater Associates Winner
  • Citadel
  • Darsana Capital Partners
  • TCI Fund Management
  • Two Sigma Investments

Data Tech

  • Backstop Solutions Group
  • BlackRock
  • FactSet
  • Solovis Winner
  • SS&C Technologies / Tamale

DC

  • BlackRock
  • Capital Group
  • Fidelity Investments
  • State Street Global Advisors Winner
  • T. Rowe Price
  • Vanguard

ESG

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments
  • Boston Common Asset Management
  • Breckinridge Capital Advisors Winner
  • Erste Asset Management
  • Mirova
  • Walden Asset Management

Emerging Markets

  • Acadian Asset Management
  • Avenue Capital Group
  • Lazard Asset Management
  • Oak Tree Capital Management
  • UBS Asset Management Winner

Real Assets

  • Actis Winner
  • AEW Capital Management
  • Carnelian Energy Capital
  • EIG Global Energy Partners
  • Global Infrastructure Partners
  • Warwick Group

Transition Management

  • BlackRock Winner
  • Northern Trust
  • Pavilion Global Markets
  • Russell Investments
  • State Street Global Markets

OCIO

  • Edgehill Endowment Partners
  • Fund Evaluation Group (FEG)
  • Global Endowment Management
  • Partners Capital Winner
  • Summit Rock Advisors

Corporate Strategies

  • Cardano
  • ILS Capital Management
  • Legal & General Investment Management America
  • NISA Investment Advisors Winner

Consultant of the Year

  • Patrick Adelsbach, Aksia
  • Nolan Bean, Fund Evaluation Group Winner
  • Kevin Leonard, NEPC
  • Chris Lyon, Rocaton Investment Advisors
  • Mika Malone, Meketa Investment Group
  • Maggie Ralbovsky, Wilshire Consulting

Influential Investors Forum

December 12, 2019
Harvard Club

Contact Information

Sponsorship Information

Rob Reif (212) 217-6906

General Information

Carol Popkins (203) 461-0985