(September 26, 2011) – For the second year running, a swath of pension plans, endowment & foundation, and sovereign wealth funds have been nominated for the aiCIO Industry Innovation Awards.
Chosen by the aiCIO editorial team in conjunction with an Advisory Board comprised of former chief investment officers and pension officials, this year’s nominees represent those funds and individuals that are advancing the professionalism and management of asset-owning investment worldwide.
Winners for each category – Foundations, Endowments, Corporate Pension Plans (below $5 billion in assets), Corporate Pension Plans (above $5 billion), Public Pensions (below $15 billion), Public Pensions (above $15 billion), and Sovereign Wealth Funds – will be announced at a dinner in New York City on December 1, 2011. Click here to see a list of last year’s recipients. Click here to see a video of last year’s award recipients at the Awards dinner.
The nominees are as follows (chief investment officers and other senior officials are listed in brackets):
Foundation
The Ford Foundation (Eric Doppstadt, CIO)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Susan Manske, CIO)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Richard Henriques, Chief Financial Officer)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Laurie Hoagland, CIO)
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Denise Strack, CIO)
Endowment
Wake Forest University (Jim Dunn, CIO)
Washington University (Kimberly Walker, CIO)
New York University (Tina Surh, CIO)
University of Chicago (Mark Schmid, CIO)
Wesleyan University (Anne Martin, CIO)
Corporate Pension Plan Below $5 Billion
Xerox (Carol McFate, CIO)
Motorola (Andrew Steiner, Asst. Treasuerer, Investments)
Eastman Kodak (Timothy Barrett, Director of Pension Investments)
Sun Chemical (Jeff Berger, VP Finance and Treasurer)
Nestle USA (Karin Brodbeck, Director of Retirement Investments)
Corporate Pension Plan Above $5 Billion
Hewlett-Packard (Gretchen Tai, CIO)
Boeing (Andrew Ward, CIO)
Alcatel-Lucent (Jeanmarie Grisi, CIO)
Alcoa (Ronald Barin, CIO)
Verizon (Audrey Kent, CIO)
Public Pension Plan Below $15 Billion
Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas (Cheryl Alston Executive Director)
City of Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund (John Keane, Director)
Policeman’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Sam Kunz, CIO)
Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (Rick Dahl, CIO)
CERN Pension Fund (Theodore Economou, CEO)
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association (Donald Pierce, CIO)
Orange County Employees’ Retirement System (Jenny Hom, Director of Investments)
Public Pension Plan Above $15 Billion
Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (Karl Koch, CIO)
Florida State Board of Administration (Ash Williams, Director and CIO)
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (Chris Ailman, CIO)
Caisse de Depot de Quebec (Roland Lescure, CIO)
Texas Teachers’ Retirement System (Britt Harris, CIO)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Mark Wiseman, EVP of Investments)
Sovereign Wealth Fund
New Zealand Superannuation Fund (Adrian Orr, CEO)
Alberta Investment Management (AIMCo)/Alberta Heritage Fund (Leo de Bever, CEO/CIO)
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (Ng Kok Song, CIO)
Abu Dhabi Investment Corporation (Anders Ljungqvist, CIO)