2023 Asset Owner Industry Innovation Award Finalists Announced

On December 5, CIO will recognize the allocators driving change and enhancing performance in institutional investing.
Reported by CIO Staff

Chief Investment Officer is again—for the 13th year—celebrating institutional asset owners who have thrived and been incredible leaders, even as markets have turned rough and inflation and rates have risen.

As we selected finalists for the 2023 Industry Innovation Awards, our mission was to search the industry for CIOs working to improve their investment results and create and manage teams that pursue excellence.

From this qualified group of contenders, a panel of industry judges will help select the winners, which will be announced December 5 at the Industry Innovation Awards Celebration in New York City.


The finalists are:

Corporate DB <$20B

  • Angie Buk—3M
  • Jeanmarie Grisi—Nokia
  • Thomas Mucha—Kodak
  • Carol Tusch—International Paper

Corporate DB >$20B

  • Ernie Caballero—UPS
  • Harshal Chaudhari—GE
  • Jeffrey Lewis—FedEx
  • Elizabeth Tulach—Boeing

Efforts in Diversity

  • Jagdeep Bachher—University of California, Regents
  • John Barker—Kresge Foundation
  • Jason Klein—Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Efforts in ESG

  • John Barker—Kresge Foundation
  • Richard Kent—Friends Fiduciary
  • Jeff Mindlin—Arizona State University Foundation
  • Aaron Moore—California State University Foundation

Endowments

  • Tim Barrett—Texas Tech University System
  • Richard Chau—Tulane University
  • Sonali Dalal—University of St. Thomas
  • Marcus Frampton—Alaska Permanent Fund
  • Geeta Kapadia—Fordham University
  • Christine Kelleher—National Gallery of Art

Foundations

  • Colin Ambrose—Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
  • Leena Bhutta—Doris Duke Foundation
  • Carlos Rangel—W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Health Care Plans

  • Mark Cagwin—SSM Health
  • David Erickson—Ascension
  • Josh Rabuck—Indiana University Health
  • Alyssa Rieder—CommonSpirit Health
  • Rob Roy—AdventHealth

Public DB <$10B

  • T.J. Carlson—Missouri State Employees Retirement System
  • Jason Malinowski—City of Seattle
  • Katherine Molnar; Andrew J. Spellar—Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System; Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System
  • Craig Slaughter—West Virginia Investment Management Board

Public DB $10B - $20B

  • Ted Hall—Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund
  • Raynald Leveque—The New Hampshire Retirement System
  • Mark Steed—Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System

Public DB >$20B

  • Benjamin Cotton—Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System
  • Scott Davis—Indiana Public Retirement System
  • Andrew Junkin—Virginia Retirement System
  • Molly Murphy—Orange County Employees Retirement System
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