SEO's Twelfth Annual Alternative Investments Conference (AICON) 2021 | Seizing Every Opportunity | 6 April 2021 | Virtual Event

Our conference is designed to increase access and career development at every point of the investing chain for professionals from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in alternative investments. In addition to the 1:1 LP/GP meetings that SEO helps facilitate throughout the day, the conference is a valuable chance to hear the insights of prominent leaders from private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital, limited partners, fund of funds, emerging managers, family offices, and recruiting firms.

2021 Speakers

Henry R. Kravis
Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Orlando Bravo
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo

Mellody Hobson
Co-Chief Executive Officer & President, Ariel Investments

Marcelo Claure
Chief Executive Officer, SoftBank Group International

Jason Kelly
Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg QuickTake

Alex Doñé
Deputy Comptroller of Asset Management & Chief Investment Officer, Office of the New York City Comptroller

Ramsey Smith
Founder, ALEX.fyi

Maya Chorengel
Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund

Eileen A. Aptman
Chief Investment Officer, Belfer Management

Dawn Fitzpatrick
Chief Investment Officer, Soros Fund Management

William A. Goodloe
President & Chief Executive Officer, SEO

Renae Griffin
Executive Director, GCM Grosvenor

Harisha Koneru Haigh
Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, Northwestern University

Reginald Sanders
Director of Investments, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Bei Saville
Chief Investment Officer, Advance Treasury and Fingerboard Family Office

Marcus Siezing
Chief Investment Officer & Co-President, Dillon Trust Company

Stefan Strein
Chief Investment Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Kelly Williams
Founding Chair & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN)

Patricia Miller Zollar
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman

Adeyemi Ajao
Managing Partner, Base10

Arthur Andersen
Partner, Ropes & Gray

Jeffrey Armbrister
Head of Direct Equity Investments, Hamilton Lane Advisors

Gena Ashe
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Anterix

Karim Assef
Chairman of Global Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Catherine Chen
Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

Aaron Clubb
Partner, True Search

Cody Coppotelli
Director of Investments, Lumina Foundation

Fred Cummings
President & Founder, Elizabeth Park Capital Management

Amit Doshi
Managing Partner, Harbor Spring

Marianna Fassinotti
Managing Director, The D.E. Shaw Group

Theresia Gouw
Co-Founder, Aspect Ventures

Jennifer Harris
Managing Director, Henkel Search Partners

Jaya K. Hathaway
Recruiter, CPI

William Heard
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Heard Capital

Chris Keller
Managing Director, Moelis Asset Management

Soohyung Kim
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Standard General

Mary Knobler
Managing Director of External Affairs, Oaktree Capital Management

Jason Lamin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lenox Park Solutions

Stacy Levine
Partner, Amity Search Partners

Charmel Maynard
Associate Vice President, CIO & University Treasurer, University of Miami

Sheryl Mejia
Managing Partner, Steward Asset Management

Kavita Nayar
Investment Manager, Duke University

Nedu Ottih
Principal, Apax Partners

Angela Outlaw-Matheny
Director of Investment Staff & Diverse Manager Equity, Crewcial Partners

Meha Patel
Vice President, 645 Ventures

Edward Powers
Managing Partner, HarbourVest Partners

Noelle Ramirez
Project Manager, PGIM

Bruce Richards
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Asset Management

Mario Ruiz
Investor, PayPal Venture

Juan Sabeter
President, Valor Equity Partners

Sengal Selassie
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Brightwood Capital Advisors

Natalie Tejero Serafeim
Principal, The Baupost Group

Nishi Somaiya
Global Co-Head, Growth Equity, Goldman Sachs

Bharath Srikrishnan
Founder, BharCap Partners

Osei Van Horne
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital

Natalie Walker
Partner, StepStone Group

Karen Welch
Director, Investments, Spider Management Company

Caixia Ziegler
Managing Director, Real Assets, MacArthur Foundation

2021 Sponsors and Partners

LAW SPONSOR:
• Ropes & Gray LLP

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• Bank of America Corporation
• Blackstone
• Valor

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Argand Partners, LP
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• ICV Partners, LLC

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS:
• 645 Ventures
• Ardian
• Adams Street Partners
• Hamilton Lane
• HarbourVest Partners, LLC
• PIMCO
• Serent
• StepStone Group

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Amity Search Partners
• PJT Partners Inc.

GENERAL SPONSOR:
• Elizabeth Park Capital Management

DIVERSITY FRIENDS:
• CPI
• Fairview Capital Partners
• HSP
• Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (AIFP) PARTNERS:
• Advent International Corporation
• AEA
• American Securities
• Apollo Global Management, Inc.
• Bain Capital, LP.
• The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
• Berkshire Partners
• Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
• Carlyle
• Centerbridge
• Charlesbank Capital Partners
• CD&R
• Clearlake
• CVC Capital Partners
• D.E. SHAW & CO., L.P.
• Davidson Kempner
• DIAMETER CAPITAL PARTNERS
• General Atlantic
• Genstar Capital LLC
• Global Infrastructure Partners
• Golden Gate Capital
• Goldman Sachs
• Harvest Partners
• Intermediate Capital Group plc
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
• KSL Capital Partners, LLC.
• Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
• Lexington Partners L.P.
• Lindsay Goldberg
• Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
• Maverick Capital, Ltd.
• New Mountain Capital
• Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
• Palladium Equity Partners
• Permira
• Providence Equity Partners L.L.C.
• Reverence Capital Partners
• Senator Investment Group LP
• Silver Lake
• Sixth Street
• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
• Summit Partners
• TA Associates Management, LP.
• Thoma Bravo
• THL
• Tarrant Capital IP, LLC
• Varagon
• Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC
• Wafra
• Warburg Pincus LLC
• WCAS

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LEVERAGED INVESTING TRAINING AND EDUCATION (AI LITE) PARTNERS:
• Atairos
• Crestview Advisors, L.L.C.