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Event Date |
Mon Mar 27 PDT - Wed Mar 29 PDT (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Mar 27 3:00am - Wed Mar 29 3:00am |
Location |
JW Marriott LIVE LA
900 W Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA |
Region | Americas |
This event is an educationally focused alternative investment conference designed to bring the professional investor community together for a full day of dialogue and discussion on the most relevant topics facing investors today.
2023 Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dan Quayle
Chairman, Cerberus Global Investment, Former Vice President of the United States (1989 t
Jacob Lew
Managing Partner, Lindsay Goldberg, and 76th Secretary of the Treasury of the United Stat
Catherine Wood
Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer, ARK Investment Management
Gray Davis
Of Counsel, Loeb & Loeb, and 37th Governor of California
Jennifer M. Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton
John Chiang
Former Treasurer (2015 - 2019), Former Controller (2007 - 2015), State of California
Christopher J. Ailman
Chief Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalST
Dan Bienvenue
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalP
Amy C. McGarrity
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Public Employees' Retirement
Jonathan Grabel
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement Association (LACER
Maïté Irakoze Baur, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Farmers Group
Mark Anson, PhD, CFA, CAIA
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Commonfund
Joe Dowling
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone, Global Head, Blackstone Alternative Asset Managem
Rodney June
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS)
Cheryl Alston
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Employees’ Retirement Fund of the
Stephen Sexauer
Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Employees’ Retirement System (SDCERA)
Howard M. Hodel
Acting Chief Investment Officer, State of Hawai’i Employees’ Retirement System
Jeremy Wolfson
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Employees’ Retir
James Williams
Chief Investment Officer, J. Paul Getty Trust
Geeta Kapadia, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Fordham University
Cameron Black, CFA, CAIA
Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Molly Murphy
Chief Investment Officer, Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS)
SPEAKERS:
Stephen Biggs, CFA, CAIA
Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investments, The Mather Group
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Co-Founder and President, Known Holdings
Karyn Williams
Regional Investment Manager, Zurich North America
Amit Thanki, CAIA
Senior Investment Officer, San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Associatio
Gurjeet Dosanjh
Principal and Head of Manager Research, Mercer Alternatives
Carl Ludwigson, CFA
Managing Director, Chair of the Investment Committee, Bel Air Investment Adviso
J.R. Pearce
Senior Investment Officer, Private Credit, Real Assets and Real Estate, Sacramento Coun
Sylvia Kwan, CFA, CAIA
Chief Investment Officer, Ellevest
Vishnu Amble
Investment Director, Investment Committee Member and Philanthropy Lead, GreenBear Grou
Tom Chapman
Chair of the Investment Board, Wyoming Retirement System, Investment Committee Member,
Clark Cheng, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Merrimac
Sarah Bernstein, Ph.D
Managing Principal, Head of Sustainability, Meketa Investment Group
Rob Sechrist
Fund Co-Founder and President, Pelorus Equity Group
Shannon Horton
Partner and Head of West Coast Region, Optima Partners
Sandip Bhagat
Chief Investment Officer, Whittier Trust
Josh Emanuel, CFA
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Wilshire Associates
Gina Sanchez
Board Member, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement Association (LACERA)
Faraz Shooshani
Managing Director, Verus Investments
Joseph Marenda
Partner, Global Head of Digital Assets Investing, Cambridge Associates
Stacie Olivares
Board Director, KBRA and Board Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Caitlin Nemeth
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Cliffwater
Nate Maier, CAIA
Investment Officer, Private Markets, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
David Francl
Managing Director, Absolute Returns, San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFER
Alice Pomponio
Managing Director, American Cancer Society / BrightEdge Ventures
Dave Beeson
Director of Investments, Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS)
Kirk Sims
Senior Investment Officer, Head of Emerging Manager Program, Teachers Retirement System o
Lisa Middleton
Mayor of Palm Springs and Member of the Board of Administration, California Public
Brian Borton
Partner, StepStone
Eric Liu
Partner, Head of North America Private Equity and Co-Head of Global Healthcare Sector Team
2023 Sponsors
LEAD SPONSORS:
• PGIM
• Withum Advisory Tax Audit
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• StepStone
• Cohen and Company Asset Management
• Franklin Templeton
GOLD SPONSORS:
• Manulife Investment Management
• Dynamo Software
• Impact Community Capital
• Master Works
• Pretium
• Westchester Capital Management
• Marathon Asset Management
• Wellington Management
• Ultimus Leverpoint Private Fund Solutions
• Optima
• Kairos Ventures
• Nasdaq
• Pelorus Equity Group
• One River Digital Asset Management
• Voya Investment Management
• Prospect Capital
• CENTRL
• CF Private Equity
• Bay Bridge Ventures
• CBRE Investment Management
• PeachTree Group
SILVER SPONSORS:
• Aspect Capital
• Backstop Solutions
• Cohn Reznick
• Ogier
• US Bank Global Fund Services
• Nuveen
• Principal Asset Management
• Eisner Amper
• Calamos | Aksia
• Optima
• Flex Stone Partners
• Juniper Square
• Abbey Capital
• Trident Trust
• Halo
• CIBC
• Jefferies Credit Partners
• CIBC Asset MAnagement
• Harneys
• Trilogy Real Estate Group
• Fidelity Digital Assets
• OIC
• DGV Solutions
• AlphaCat
• Forvis
• T. Rowe Price
• Ontra
• Alternative Soft Analytical Investment Solutions
• IQEQ
• CITCO
• First Trust
• UMB
• eFront
• Chicago Atlantic Group
• Invesco
• SS&C
• Intralinks
• Labaton Sucharow
• NAV Fund Administration
BUSINESS SPONSORS:
• Trident Trust
• Millennium Trust Company
• GoldStar Trust Company
• Vidrio
• Hines
• Redbrick LMD
• Vauban Infrastructure Partners
• Fact Right
• Absolute Investment Advisers
• Preqin
• Collider
RESEARCH SPONSOR:
• PitchBook
WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSORS:
• S&P Dow Jones Indices
• S&P Global Market Intelligence
LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Ultimus LeverPoint
STRATEGIC DIVERSITY ADVISORS:
• AGL
• WIN
• Alt Finance