The 12th CIO Industry Innovation Awards winners have been announced!
The winners were announced at the CIO Industry Innovation Awards dinner at Chelsea Piers in New York City on December 6.
The Asset Owner Industry Innovation Awards finalists and winners are as follows:
Corporate Defined Benefit
- Cummins Inc.—Gloria Griesinger
- Eastman Kodak—Thomas Mucha
- DuPont Capital Management—Valerie J. Sill
- International Monetary Fund—Derek Bills Winner
- FedEx—Jeff Lewis
- General Electric Pension Trust—Harshal Chaudhari
Efforts in Diversification
- Pension Protection Fund—Barry Kenneth
- Hartford Health Care—David Holmgren Winner
- Nest—Mark Fawcett
- New York Common Retirement Fund—Anastasia Titarchuk
Efforts in ESG
- Pension Protection Fund—Barry Kenneth Winner
- Hartford Health Care—David Holmgren
- PGGM—Geraldine Leegwater
- Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA)—Jonathan Grabel
- Church Commissioners for England—Tom Joy
Endowments & Foundations
- Wesleyan University—Anne Martin
- The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation—Jonathan Hook Winner
- Trinity Wall Street—Meredith Jenkins
Health Care Plans
- SSM Health—Mark Cagwin
- Indiana University Health—Josh Rabuck
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—Jason Klein Winner
- Hackensack Meridian Health—Donna Snider
- Thomas Jefferson University—Alfred Salvato
- Cleveland Clinic—Stefan Strein
Public Defined Benefit Assets Less Than $12B
- Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System—Jason Malinowski
- Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System; Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System—Katherine Molnar; Andrew J. Spellar
- University of Missouri System—Thomas Richards Winner
Public Defined Benefit Assets $12B to $20B
- Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan—Jeb Burns
- New Mexico Educational Retirement Board—Bob Jacksha Winner
- Los Angeles Water & Power Employees’ Retirement Plan—Jeremy Wolfson
Public Defined Benefit Assets Greater Than $20B to $100B
- Pension Protection Fund—Barry Kenneth
- Orange County Employees Retirement System—Molly Murphy
- Indiana Public Retirement System—Scott Davis
- Maryland State Retirement Agency—Andrew Palmer Winner
Public Defined Benefit Assets Greater Than $100B
- State of Wisconsin Investment Board—Edwin Denson Winner
- New York Common Retirement Fund—Anastasia Titarchuk
- California State Teachers’ Retirement System—Christopher Ailman
Risk Management
- International Paper—Robert Hunkeler
- Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA)—Jonathan Grabel
- General Electric Pension Trust—Harshal Chaudhari Winner
- State of Wisconsin Investment Board—Edwin Denson
Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Texas Permanent School Fund—Holland Timmins
- Fondo de Ahorro de Panama (Panama Sovereign Wealth Fund)—Abdiel Santiago Winner
- Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation—Marcus Frampton
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CIO of the Year Jason Klein, Senior Vice President & CIO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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Lifetime Achievement Award Walter Kress, CIO, EY US LLC |
The Asset Management & Servicing Awards finalists and winners are as follows:
Consultant of the Year
- Mercer Consulting, in recognition of the service of Cori Trautvetter
- NEPC, in recognition of the service of Kristin Reynolds and Allan Martin
- Aiperion, in recognition of the service of Sorina Zahan Winner
Data and Technology
- Diligend
- Venn by Two Sigma
- SEI Winner
- Intelligo
- Lumenai Investments LLC
- Vidrio Financial
Diversity
- Ariel Investments Winner
- PIMCO
- Verus Investments
- NEPC
ESG
- Russell Investments
- TOBAM
- Boston Common Asset Management
- IOR, LLC Winner
Hedge Funds
- Teza Technologies Winner
- Lumenai Investments LLC
- Tectonic Investors
Liability-Driven Investing
- LGIM America Winner
- Agilis
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)
- Capital Group
Multi-Strategy Investing
- TOBAM Winner
- LGIM America
- Capital Group
OCIO
- BERG Capital Management
- SEI
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management Winner
Private Assets
- Principal Global Investors
- PIMCO
- Neuberger Berman Winner
Real Assets and Infrastructure
- Principal Global Investors
- ABL Aviation Winner
- Actis