The Pension Bridge Annual Conference 2017 | Pension Bridge | 18 April 2017 | San Francisco, CA, USA

The Pension Bridge Inc. is an innovative company offering educational conferences of the highest quality to the Institutional Investment Community. We produce The Pension Bridge Annual and The Private Equity Exclusive. Our objective is to provide the highest level of education with an impressive and influential speaker faculty in a setting that is conducive to networking. We help institutional money managers connect with pension funds across the country in a controlled setting, thus creating an enjoyable atmosphere. The networking sessions we provide are unique and carefully designed by our staff to help connect industry peers and prospective business contacts. Our events can act as a stepping stone to a successful financial relationship or simply help build the education that is instrumental to the investment decision making process.

Keynote Speaker :

Jim Keohane, CFA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, (HOOPP)

William J. Coaker Jr, CFA, MBA
Chief Investment Officer
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System, (SFERS)

Myron Scholes, Ph.D.
Chief Investment Strategist
Janus Capital Group

Christopher J. Ailman
Chief Investment Officer
California State Teachers' Retirement System, (CalSTRS)

Travis Antoniono
Investment Officer, Corporate Governance
California State Teachers' Retirement System, (CalSTRS)

Tim Barron, CAIA
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, U.S.
Segal Marco Advisors

Keith M. Berlin
Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
Fund Evaluation Group, (FEG)

Alex Bernhardt
Principal
Head of Responsible Investment, U.S., Mercer

Scottie D. Bevill
Senior Investment Officer - Global Bonds and Real Return
Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois

Ben Bronson, CFA, CAIA
Investment Officer
Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado

Peter H. Collins
Vice Chair, Investment Advisory Council
State Board of Administration of Florida

Stephen Cummings, CFA
Global Investments Officer, Head of North America Investment Consulting
Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting

Bruce H. Cundick, CFA, CPA
Chief Investment Officer
Utah Retirement Systems

Aoifinn Devitt
Chief Investment Officer
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Avik Dey
Managing Director, Head of Natural Resources
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, (CPPIB)

Steven J. Foresti
Chief Investment Officer
Wilshire Consulting

David E. Francl
Managing Director, Absolute Return
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System, (SFERS)

Robert L. Greene
Chairman
Virginia Retirement System

Brian Guthrie
Executive Director
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Craig Husting, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Public School & Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, (PSRS, PEERS)

Russell K. Ivinjack
Senior Partner
Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting

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

Andrew Junkin, CFA, CAIA
President
Wilshire Consulting

Pete Keliuotis, CFA
Senior Managing Director
Cliffwater LLC

Mike Krems, CFA
Managing Director
TorreyCove Capital Partners

Todd Lapenna
Partner
Infrastructure & Real Assets, StepStone

John Linder, CFA, CPA
Consultant, Principal
Pension Consulting Alliance, LLC

Timothy F. McCusker, FSA, CFA, CAIA
Chief Investment Officer
Partner, NEPC, LLC

Brian McDonnell
Managing Director and Head of Global Pension Practice
Cambridge Associates

John Nicolini, CFA
Managing Director
Verus

Eugene L. Podkaminer, CFA
Senior Vice President
Capital Markets Research, Callan Associates, Inc.

Ruth Ryerson
Executive Director
Wyoming Retirement System

Leighton A. Shantz, CFA
Director of Fixed Income
Employees Retirement System of Texas

John Shearman
Partner, Portfolio Analyst
Albourne America

Bryan P. Shipley, CFA, CAIA
Co-Chief Investment Officer,
Arnerich Massena, Inc.

John D. Skjervem, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Oregon State Treasury

Jennifer Young Stevens
Principal
The Townsend Group

Kamal Suppal, CFA
Senior Research Consultant
Hedge Funds, NEPC, LLC

Ian Toner, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Verus

Tom Tull, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Employees Retirement System of Texas

Jim Vos
Chief Executive Officer
Aksia LLC

David B. Wescoe
Chief Executive Officer
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association, (SDCERA)

Freeman Wood
Partner and North American Head
Mercer

Steve Yoakum
Executive Director
Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, (PSRS/PEERS)

Kevin Zhu
Managing Director
Head of Portfolio Construction, OPTrust, OPSEU Pension Trust