Public Funds Roundtable 2024 | Institutional Investor | 29 April 2024 | The Beverly Hilton, 9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

How to move forward in 2024 during an increasingly polarized environment?
• In an era of unprecedented geopolitical challenges? In an uncertain regulatory environment?
• In an uncertain and evolving macro-economic climate and amid a backdrop of continuous industry disruption and technological innovation?
• When historical data isn’t necessarily indicative of what can be expected going forward?
• What degree will there be a need to pivot with a possible new Administration in 2025?

That’s where we come in Jjin us where your CIO peers collectively will be tackling these exact issues with the objective of moving forward.

2024 Speakers

ADVISORY BOARDS:

Alison Romano
Chief Investment Officer, San Francisco Employees' Retirement System

Andrew Junkin
Chief Investment Officer, Virginia Retirement System

Andy Greene
Chief Investment Officer, Toronto Transit Committee Pension Plan (TTCPP)

Andy Palmer
Chief Investment Officer, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Angela Miller May
Chief Investment Officer, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Bob Jacksha
Chief Investment Officer, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board

Bryan Fujita
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions

Cheryl Alston
Executive Director, Dallas Employees’ Retirement Fund

Chris Ailman
Chief Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System

Craig Husting
Chief Investment Officer, Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri

Craig Slack
Chief Investment Officer, City of Chicago

David Hunter
Chief Investment Officer, Texas Municipal Retirement System

David Silber
Chief Investment Officer, City of Milwaukee Employees' Retirement System

Don Pierce
Chief Investment Officer, San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association

Edwin Denson
Executive Director/Chief Investment Officer, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Glenn Hubert
Chief Investment Officer, Teachers' Pension Plan Corporation Newfoundland and Labrador

James Davis
Chief Investment Officer, OPTrust

Jason Malinowski
Chief Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System

Jeremy Wolfson
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan

Joe Aguilar
Chief Investment Officer, Illinois State Treasurer

John Skjervem
Chief Investment Officer, Utah Retirement Systems

Jon Spinney
Chief Investment Officer, Vestcor

Justin Lord
Senior Managing Director, Public Equities, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

Katherine Molnar
Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System

Kevin Killeavy
Chief Investment Officer, Montgomery County Employees Retirement System

Lamar Taylor
Interim Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida

Marcus Frampton
Chief Investment Officer, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Mario Therrien
Head of Investment Funds and External Management, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ)

Mark Steed
Chief Investment Officer, Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement Systems

Matthew J. Freedman
Chief Investment Officer, Louisiana School Employees Retirement System

Michael Trotsky
Chief Investment Officer, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board

Molly Murphy
Chief Investment Officer, Orange County Employees Retirement System

Prabhu Palani
Chief Investment Officer, City of San José Retirement System

Rod June
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System

Ryan Wagner
Chief Investment Officer, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System

Sam Masoudi
Chief Investment Officer, Wyoming Retirement System

Sandy McPherson
Chief Investment Officer, City of Edmonton

Scott McIntosh
Executive Vice President & Head of Global Multi-Asset Strategies, OMERS

Scott Chan
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, CalSTRS

Scott Davis
Chief Investment Officer, Indiana Public Retirement System

Scott Simon
Chief Investment Officer, Colorado Fire & Police Pension Association

Steve Davis
Chief Investment Officer, Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System (SCERS)

Steve Swanson
Chief Investment Officer, Park Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago

Timothy Price
Chief Investment Officer, Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association

TJ Carlson
Chief Investment Officer, Missouri State Employees' Retirement System

SPEAKERS:

Daniel Adamson
Founder and co-CEO, Wafra Inc.

Dan Agnello
Investment Consultant, Mercer

Eric Agyemang
Associate, Total Fund Investing, AIMCo

Ken Akoundi
Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, CORDATIUS LLC

Cheryl Alston
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Dallas Employees' Retirement Fund

Clifford Asness
Managing and Founding Principal, AQR Capital Management, LLC

Adam Berger
Head of Multi-Asset Strategy and Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management Company LLP

Sarah Bernstein
Head of Sustainability & Managing Director, Consultant, Meketa Investment Group, Inc.

Fadi BouSamra
Chief Investment Officer, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Employee Benefit System

Kristi Bromley
Investment Officer, Washington State Investment Board

Benjamin Bronson
Managing Director, Aksia

Tom Cawkwell
Partner & Head of Private Markets, Albourne America LLC

Tom Chapman
ED, Trustee and Chair of Investment Committee, Wyoming Retirement System

Shanta Chary
Director of Investments, Orange County ERS

Regina Cho
Investment Committee Member, Crewcial Partners

Anirudh Chowdhry
Former Head of Investments, Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association (FCERA)

Regina Curry
Chief Diversity Officer, Franklin Templeton

Subhasis Das
Senior Portfolio Manager, Strategic (Alternative) Investments - Quantitative, Equities, SBA

Steve Davis
Chief Investment Officer, Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System (SCERS)

Scott Davis
Chief Investment Officer, Indiana Public Retirement System

Edwin Denson
Executive Director/Chief Investment Officer, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Andrea DiCenso
Portfolio Manager, Loomis Sayles & Company

Derek Drummond
Head of Strategy- Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Michael Elio
Partner, Stepstone Group

George Emerson
Senior Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees' Retirement System

David Fann
Vice Chairman, Senior Managing Director, Apogem Capital

Leandro Festino
Managing Principal / Consultant, Meketa Investment Group

Anne-Marie Fink
Chief Investment Officer, Private Markets and Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Tracy Fong
Partner and Head of Private Markets, Albourne Partners

Matthew Freedman
Chief Investment Officer, LSERS

Bryan Fujita
Chief Investment Officer, LAFPP

Dan Gardner
Author, Connaught Street Inc.

Brandon Gill New
Managing Director & Head of External Partnerships, AIMCo

Dane Graham
Managing Director, Investment, 17 Capital

Brett Hickey
Founder & CEO, Star Mountain Capital LLC

Daniel Ingram
Partner, Head of Responsible Investing, Aon Hewitt

Robert Jacksha
Chief Investment Officer, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board

Trevor A. Jackson
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisory, Aksia LLC

Jennifer Johnson
Manager - Private Equity and Hedge Funds, MoDOT & Patrol Employees Retirement System

Ghiane Jones
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois

Rodney June
Chief Investment Officer, Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS)

Kevin Killeavy
Chief Investment Officer, Montgomery County Employees Retirement System

Tom Kim
Investment Officer, SBCERA

Yup Kim
Chief Investment Officer, Texas Municipal Retirement System

James Ko
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Diversifying Strategies, Hedge Fund Strategies, Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System

Mike Krems
Partner, Portfolio Strategies, Aksia

David Kushner
Chief Investment Officer, City of Austin Employees' Retirement System

Brian Kwan
Managing Director | Senior Consultant, Verus

Todd Lapenna
Partner, StepStone Group

LeAnne Larranaga-Ruffy
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico

Jeffrey Leighton
Partner, Townsend Group

Justin Lord
Senior Managing Director, Head of Public Equities, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

Robert W. Lovelace
Vice Chairman, Capital Group

Vache Mahseredjian
Principal Investment Officer, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Farouki Majeed
Chief Investment Officer, School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS)

Jason Malinowski
Chief Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees' Retirement System

Lesley Marks
Chief Investment Officer - Equities, Mackenzie Investments

Tom Masthay
Deputy CIO, Texas Municipal Retirement System

Kevin McDowell
Director, Investments, Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund

Matt Miller
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Grey Rock Investment Partners

Angela Miller-May
Chief Investment Officer, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Katherine Molnar
Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System

Brendan Mulhern
Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management North America LLC

Molly A. Murphy
Chief Investment Officer, Orange County Employees Retirement System

Eileen Neill
Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Verus

Chris Olsen
CEO and Co-Founder, Drive Capital

Poorvi R. Parekh
Managing Director, Canterbury Consulting

Mansco Perry
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Minnesota State Board of Investment

Anders Persson
CIO, Head of Global Fixed Income, Nuveen

Ryan Phillips
Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Donald Pierce
Chief Investment Officer, San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association (SBCERA)

Timothy Price
Chief Investment Officer, Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association

Alison Romano
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, San Francisco Employees' Retirement System

Sheila Ryan
Partner, Pension Practice, Cambridge Associates LLC

Erich Sauer
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Milwaukee Employees' Retirement System

Jill Schurtz
Chief Investment Officer, Minnesota State Board of Investment

Zarqaa Shaikh
Director, Multi-Strategy Investments, OPTrust

Varun Sharma
Managing Director, Exposure Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

J. Scott Simon, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Colorado Fire & Police Pension Association

Andrew Siwo
Head of Sustainable Investments, New York State Common Retirement Fund

John Skjervem
Chief Investment Officer, Utah Retirement Systems

Christian Stracke
President, Global Head of Credit Research, PIMCO

Steve Swanson
Executive Director, Park Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago

Lamar Taylor
Interim Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida

Marlene Timberlake D'Adamo
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, CalPERS

Gary R. Tom
Vice President, Manager Research, Wilshire Associates

Anna Totdahl
Investment Officer, ESG & Sustainability, Oregon State Treasury

Jon Tringale
Portfolio Manager, WCM Investment Management

Ryan Wagner
Chief Investment Officer, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System

Barbara Walter
Professor, UC San Diego

Seth Weingram
Senior Vice President, Director, Client Advisory, Acadian Asset Management

Ashbel Williams
Vice Chair, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Laura B. Wirick
Managing Principal, Consultant, Meketa Investment Group

Candy Wong
Portfolio Manager International Equities, Manitoba Civil Service Superannuation Board

Han Yik
Senior Advisor to the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS)

Scott Zdrazil
Principal Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association