Venue
The Pierre
The Pierre, 2 E 61st St, New York, NY 10065, USA

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Event Date Thu Nov 2 EDT - Fri Nov 3 EDT (about 7 years ago)
Location The Pierre
2 E 61st St, New York, NY 10065, USA
Region Americas
Details

The 9th annual Women's Alternative Investment Summit will bring together an influential group of more than 400 senior-level women — fund managers, institutional investors, and advisors to the industry — across the broad spectrum of alternatives to build trusted networks and engage in candid discussions about alternative investments in an emerging new world.

This groundbreaking conference features moderated workshops and panel discussions, facilitated roundtable conversations, and keynote dialogues. Multi-session tracks address the many asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and real assets investing.

Speakers

2017 Speakers:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief Executive Officer, International Capital Strategies; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Chief Economist, U.S. State Department

Jean Case
Chief Executive Officer, Case Foundation; and Chairman, National Geographic Society

Lauren Leichtman
Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Gail S. Maytin
CFA, Chief Investment Office, Employee Benefits Plans, Prudential Financial

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Rukaiyah Adams
Chief Investment Officer, Meyer Memorial Trust

Kristin A. Agatone
Chief Investment Officer, Lehigh University Investment Office

Vivianne Akriche
Managing Director, Eurazeo Capital

Camille Asaro
Audit Partner, Alternative Investments, KPMG

Martina F. Aufiero, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Safeguard Scientifics

Stephanie Avakian
Acting Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Lynn C. Baranski
Managing Director, BlackRock

Elizabeth Bell
Principal, Jaguar Growth Partners

Kalina Berova
Principal, Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (OMERS)

Megan Bethke
Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Private Equity, APG Asset Management US

Nilanjana Bhowmik
Founder and General Partner, Converge

Andrea M. Bollyky
Head of Investor Relations and Business Development, Silver Rock Financial

Molly Bordonaro
Managing Partner, Gerding Edlen

Sandra Bosela
Global Head of Private Equity,, OPTrust

Amy Boyle
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, GTIS Partners

Catherine Brossard
Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management

Paige Brotherton
Partner, Coller Capital

Elizabeth Burgess
Partner and Head of the Bridges U.S. Sustainable Growth Fund, Bridges Fund Management

Carolyn Campbell
Co-Founding Partner and Managing Director, Emerging Capital Partners

Susan J. Carter, Independent Director, BlackRock Equity Liquidity Mutual Funds; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonfund Capital

Lauren Cochran
Director of Private Investments, Blue Haven Initiative

Laureen Costa
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, JPMorgan Asset Management

Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief Executive Officer, International Capital Strategies; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Chief Economist, U.S. State Department

Neda Daneshzadeh
Co-Founder and Partner, Prelude Growth Partners

Tara Davies
Managing Director, KKR

Nancy Davis
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Quadratic Capital Management

Adriana de Alcantara, Managing Director, Portfolio Management, TH Real Estate

Aoifinn Devitt
Chief Investment Officer, Policeman's Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago

Lauren Dillard
Managing Director and Partner, The Carlyle Group

Nancy Donohue
Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder, Summit Rock Advisors

Alex Christine Douglas, Associate Investment Manager, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Alifia Doriwala
Managing Director and Partner, The Rock Creek Group

Karimah Es Sabar
Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Quark Venture

Beth Falk
President, Falk Marques Group; Founder and Managing Director, Women's Alternative Investment Summit

Christina Fang
Director, KKR

Eileen M. Fargis
Co-Head, IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund LP, IFC Asset Management Company

Susan Mahan Fasig, CFA, Managing Principal, Fund Evaluation Group

Jan Garfinkle
Founder and Managing Director, Arboretum Ventures

Laurie R. Goodman
Director, Head of Equity Long/Short Hedge Fund Investments, Merrill Lynch

Alissa Grad
Managing Director, Golub Capital

Debra Granatstein
General Manager, Private Equity and Infrastructure, Canada Post Pension Plan

Linda Grogan
Managing Director, KPMG

Melissa Guzy
Founder and Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures

Lily Han
Senior Investment Principal, D. Capital Partners

Marcia Haydel
Managing Director, Performance Equity Management

Joan N. Hayden
Vice President and Corporate Counsel, PGIM Real Estate

Tabea Hsi
Managing Director, Chief Legal Office, Blackstone Group

Ruth Horowitz
Chief Operating Officer, IFC Asset Management Co.

Laura Hotaling
Assistant Manager of Private Equity, New York State Teachers' Retirement System

Aubrey Hruby
Co-Founder, AXN

Christine Jurinich
Partner, Offit Capital Advisors

Maria Kang
Managing Director, Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors

Azra Kanji
Partner, ABRY Partners

Sandra Kim-Suk
Chief Financial Officer - Americas, L Catterton

Sarah Kirson
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Kathryn Klebacha
Senior Portfolio Advisor, Aksia

Kristina P. Koutrakos, Director of Portfolio Strategy, Virginia Retirement System

Miriam Krieger
Managing Partner and Deputy Global Chief Compliance Officer, Ares Management

Polina Kurdyavko
Partner, Co-Head of Emerging Marketing Debt and Senior Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management

Dana Laidhold
Treasurer, The Carlyle Group

Annie Lamont
Managing Partner, Oak HC/FT

Tamara Larsen
Director, Perella Weinberg Partners

Lauren Leichtman
Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Alexandra K. Levin
Director, Municipal Securities Division, Citi

Kim Y. Lew
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Chenkay Li
Vice President, Hamilton Lane

Kathryn Liao
Senior Associate, Allstate Investments

Janice Lin
Director, Real Estate Investments, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

Britta Lindhorst
Managing Director and Head of European Private Equity, HQ Capital

Marina Lutova Meyers
Portfolio Manager and Partner, BlueMountain Capital Management

Alisa Mall
Director of Investments, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Upacala Mapatuna
Chief Investment Officer, Victory Park Capital

Gurpreet Manku
Assistant Director General and Director of Policy, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

Anne Martin
Chief Investment Officer, Wesleyan University

Anne Mathias
CFA, Global Rates and FX Strategist, Fixed Income Group, Vanguard

Irene Mavroyannis
Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

Gail S. Maytin
CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Employee Benefits Plans, Prudential Financial

Blair Miller
Managing Director and Co-Founder, BlueOrange Sustainable Capital

Clara Miller
Director and President, Heron Foundation

Eve Mongiardo
Chief Operating Officer and Partner, Irving Place Capital

Linda K. Myers
Partner and Member of Global Executive Management Committee, Kirkland & Ellis

LaDonna Neuhaus
Director of Insurance Strategy, Beach Point Capital Management

Monica O'Neill, Senior Advisor, Tristan Capital Partners

Tricia Patrick
Managing Director, Advent International

Jordan S. Peer
Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital

Janet Perumal
WAI Investment Director, Wellington Management Company

Alona Ponomareva
CFA, Principal Portfolio Manager, Pension and Endowments Department, The World Bank

Agata R. Praczuk
Associate Director, MetLife Investments

Lindsey Press
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Silver Lake

Jill Raker
Managing Partner, Greenbriar Equity Group

Elena Ranguelova
PhD, Portfolio Strategist, Alternative Investment Solutions, Investcorp

Tania Reif
Portfolio Manager / Macro, Citadel

Lissa Rosenthal
Chief Investment Officer, Alternative Investments, Rosh Capital Management

Sabrina Rusnak-Carlson, General Counsel, THL Credit

Charlotte Savercool
Director of Government Affairs, National Venture Capital Association

Shruti Shah
Partner, KPMG

Aviva Shneider
Vice President, and Co-Head, Direct Private Equity, U.S. and Latin America, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

D. Ellen Shuman
Managing Partner, Edgehill Endowment Partners

Dee Dee Sklar
Managing Director, Asset-Backed Finance, and Subscription Finance Head, Wells Fargo Securities

Lisa Sun
Investment Manager, Coller Capital

Indeesh Tangeraas
Head of EMEA Real Assets, Cambridge Associates

Meena Thever
Director, BlackRock

Mary Tolan
Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Chicago Pacific Founders

Cynthia H. Tseng
CFA, Partner, Fairview Capital Partners

Caroline Williams
Partner, Walkers

Erica Williams
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deborah Zurkow
Head of Alternatives, Allianz Global Investors

Sponsors & Partners

2017 Sponsors:

PLATINUM:
• Kirkland & Ellis
• KPMG

GOLD:
• Black Rock
• Coller Capital
• KKR

SILVER:
• Walkers
• Wellington Management

SPECIALTY SPONSOR:
• UMB Fund Services
• Antares Capital