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Asset Owners Finalists

Asset Management/Servicing Finalists

Asset Owners Finalists

CIO of the Year

  • Chris Ailman (CalSTRS) Winner

Collaboration

  • Chris Ailman (CalSTRS)
  • Jerry Albright (Texas Teachers)
  • Jagdeep Singh Bachher (UC Regents)​
  • Kristian Fok (CBUS)
  • Jim Grossman (PA PSERS)
  • David Holmgren (Hartford HealthCare) Winner
  • Sonya Sawtell-Rickson (HESTA)

Corporate Defined Benefit Pension Plan Above $15 Billion

  • Stewart Brentnall (New South Wales TCorp)
  • Doug Brown (Exelon)
  • Harshal Chaudhari (IBM) Winner
  • Jeff Lewis (Federal Express)
  • Andy Ward (Boeing)

Corporate Defined Benefit Pension Plan Below $15 Billion

  • Robert DeAngelo (Eversource)
  • Jonathan Glidden (Delta)
  • Cliff Moore (Michelin North America)
  • Vincent Morin (Air Canada)
  • Fred Nieuwland (Mars)
  • Susan Ridlen (Eli Lilly) Winner

Defined Contribution Plan

  • David Bell (Mine Super)
  • Mark Fawcett (NEST)
  • Robert Hunkeler (International Paper) Winner
  • Andy Ward (Boeing)
  • Rob Wylie (South Dakota Retirement System)

Endowment

  • Anne Dinneen (Hamilton College) Winner
  • Meredith Jenkins (Trinity Wall Street)
  • Narv Narvekar (Harvard Management Co)
  • Allison Thacker (Rice University)
  • Holland Timmins (Texas Permanent School Fund)
  • Karl Scheer (University of Cincinnati)

ESG

  • Chris Ailman (CalSTRS)
  • Dan Chu / Michael Brune (Sierra Club) Winner
  • Rob Manilla (Kresge Foundation)
  • Susan E. Manske (MacArthur Foundation)
  • Geir Øivind Nygård (Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund)
  • Douglas Wesley (Illinois SURS)

Foundation

  • Rosalind Hewsenian (Helmsley Charitable Trust) Winner
  • Jonathan Hook (The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation)
  • Jim Bethea (University of Iowa Center for Advancement Foundation)
  • Nick Moakes (Wellcome Trust)
  • Joel Wittenberg (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
  • Katharine “K.C.” Krieger (The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation)

Healthcare Organization

  • Cameron Black, (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona)
  • Ryan Bailey (Children’s Health System of Texas)
  • Jason Klein (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
  • Rob Kowalski (Beaumont Health Detroit Michigan)
  • Leslie Lenzo (Advocate Aurora Health)
  • Rob Roy (Adventist Health System)
  • Anthony Waskiewicz (Mercy Health, St. Louis) Winner

Public Defined Benefit Plan Below $15 Billion

  • Brian Collett (Missouri LAGERS)
  • Linda Herman (Montgomery County Employee Retirement)
  • Jason Malinowski (The Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System)
  • Sam Masoudi (Wyoming Retirement System) Winner
  • Scott Simon (Colorado Fire and Police)

Public Defined Benefit Plan Between $15 Billion and $100 Billion

  • Scott Davis (Indiana PERS)
  • Jonathan Grabel (LACERA) Winner
  • Robert Maynard (Public Employees’ Retirement System of Idaho)
  • Amy McGarrity (Colorado PERA)
  • John Skjervem (Oregon State Treasury)
  • Tom Tull (Texas ERS)

Public Defined Benefit Plan Above $100 Billion

  • Chris Ailman (CalSTRS) Winner
  • Jerry Albright (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
  • Gary Bruebaker (Washington State)
  • David Villa (State of Wisconsin Investment Board)

Sovereign Wealth Fund

  • Paul Ballard (Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co.) Winner
  • Ole Christian Bech-Moen (Norway)
  • Jeffrey Jaensubhakij (GIC)
  • Steve Moise and Robert "Vince" Smith (New Mexico State Investment Council Permanent Funds)
  • Peter Madsen (SITFO)
  • Ian Patrick (Sunsuper)

Consulting

  • Chris Farrington (Pavilion)
  • Jay Love (Mercer)
  • Allan Martin (NEPC) Winner
  • Matt Mullarkey (AKSIA)
  • Becky Wood (FEG)

Next Generation

  • Nicolas T. H. Dang (CN Investment Division)
  • Kristina Koutrakos (Virginia Retirement System)
  • Susan Yun Lee (The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation)
  • Carrie Lo (CalSTRS)
  • Chad Myhre (Missouri Teachers Retirement System) Winner
  • Susan Oh (Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System)
  • Chris Schelling (Texas Municipal Retirement System)

Asset Management/Servicing Finalists

Fixed Income/Credit

  • DoubleLine Winner
  • PIMCO
  • Owl Rock Capital
  • TOBAM
  • Wells Fargo

Equities

  • BlackRock
  • JP Morgan Asset Management Winner
  • PineBridge Investments
  • Vontobel Quality Growth
  • Wellington

Multi-Asset

  • Bridgewater
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Insight Investment
  • Neuberger Berman
  • PineBridge Investments Winner

Private Equity

  • Ardian LBO
  • Advent International
  • Brookfield
  • Silver Lake
  • Warburg Pincus Winner

Hedge Funds

  • AQR
  • Balyasny Asset Management
  • Citadel Winner
  • Point72 Asset Management
  • Two Sigma

Real Assets

  • Aberdeen Standard Winner
  • Brookfield
  • DoubleLine
  • Pantheon
  • Nuveen

Defined Contribution Strategies

  • BlackRock
  • Northern Trust Winner
  • PIMCO
  • Prudential
  • Vanguard

OCIO

  • Fidelity Investments
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management Winner
  • Russell Investments
  • SEI
  • Wilshire

Corporate Strategies

  • Capital Group Winner
  • Legal and General Investment Management America
  • NISA
  • Nuveen Asset Management
  • Schroders

Transition Management

  • Macquarie
  • Northern Trust
  • Pavilion Winner
  • Penserra
  • State Street

Data & Technology

  • Backstop Solutions Winner
  • Caissa
  • DiligenceVault
  • FactSet
  • Predata

ESG

  • Acadian Asset Management
  • BNP Paribas
  • Generation Asset Management
  • Invesco Winner
  • Voya Investment Management

Emerging Markets

  • AB (AllianceBernstein)
  • Franklin Templeton Investments
  • Lazard Asset Management
  • Oppenheimer​
  • PGIM Winner

Influential Investors Forum

December 13, 2018
Harvard Club

Contact Information

Sponsorship Information

Rob Reif (212) 217-6906

General Information

Carol Popkins (203) 461-0985