CIO Conversations with Betty Salanic

Part II:  Kim Lew, CEO of the $14 billion-plus Columbia University endowment, shares her insights on investing in private assets, including private credit. She discusses challenges facing our world and investment opportunities that Columbia is interested in exploring. Kim also shares her thoughts on increasing diversity in the investment industry and her inspiring story of breaking barriers as a woman of color. (Recorded September 8, 2022)Join the Accelerate Investors Southwest Investor Insights Summit on January 19 in Austin, Texas. At the Summit, you will have the opportunity to meet Chief Investment Officers and other investors from endowments, foundations, and pensions from the Southwest region. For more information, please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com/sw23.

Kim Lew, CEO of Columbia University’s $14 billion-plus endowment, shares her thoughts on the Accelerate Investors September 29 Midwest Investor Insights Summit theme, “Correction, Recession, or Something Else?”.Join the Accelerate Investors Midwest Investor Insights Summit on September 29 in Chicago! At the summit, you will have the opportunity to meet Chief Investment officers and other allocators from the Midwest region. For more information, please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com/mw22.

Kim Lew, CEO of the $14 billion-plus Columbia University endowment, discusses the structural and cultural changes she has implemented since she joined Columbia in November 2020. Kim also discusses investment lessons from her time at the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation that she has taken into her role at Columbia. She also shares the most significant impact she would like to make in her role at Columbia University. (Recorded September 8, 2022)Join the Accelerate Investors Midwest Investor Insights Summit on September 29 in Chicago. At the summit, you will have the opportunity to meet Chief Investment officers and other allocators from the Midwest region. For more information, please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com/mw22.

Part II:  Katie Wyatt, CIO of the $1.5 billion Loyola University Chicago endowment, discusses identifying high-quality managers, investment strategies that interest her, and she shares advice on having a growth mindset. (Recorded January 17, 2022) Join Accelerate Investors on June 30 Women Investment Leaders Summit in New York, NY. You will have the opportunity to network with leading women investors (men are also welcome). Please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com for more information.

Katie Wyatt, CIO of the $1.5 billion Loyola University Chicago endowment, discusses transitioning the endowment to an internally managed investment model, Loyola’s decision to divest from fossil fuels, and she shares as an investor what concerns her and excites her the most in 2022. (Recorded January 17, 2022)You’re invited to join the Accelerate Investors Southwest Investor Insights Summit on March 31st in Austin, TX. You will have the opportunity to network with chief investment officers and other allocators from the Southwest region. Please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com/sw22 for more information.

Part II:  Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, LACERA, a $70 billion pension fund with over 165,000 beneficiaries, shares with us how LACERA ensures that it is seeing the best investment opportunities, his thoughts on active vs. passive investing, and in this episode listen to the CIO to CIO question from Charmel Maynard, CIO of the University of Miami.  (Recorded May 27, 2021)Join us March 31, 2022 for our Southwest Investor Insights Summit - accelerateinvestorsny.com

Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, LACERA, a $70 billion pension fund with over 165,000 beneficiaries, shares with us his background and how he became CIO at LACERA. Jon also describes LACERA’s differentiated asset allocation strategy. For instance, did you know private equity and public markets are both bucketed in the growth portfolio? He also discusses inflation and portfolio diversification.

Part II:  Charmel Maynard, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the University of Miami, shares with us how the endowment leverages its illustrious board when making investment decisions. He also provides advice for emerging managers, and Charmel also discusses the mindset of pushing oneself to achieve one’s full potential. Join Accelerate Investors July 28 - 29 for the Women Investment Leaders Symposium. More info:  https://accelerateinvestorsny.com/accelwomen

Charmel Maynard, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the University of Miami, shares how he became Treasurer at 32. He also imparts his advice on how to become a chief investment officer. And Charmel discusses the endowment’s increased interest in alternative investment strategies.Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment officers live!) at Events. Become an Accelerate Investors Sponsor. 

Part II:  Alex Doñé, chief investment officer of the $225 billion NYC Pension Funds, shares with us the advantages and challenges of investing on behalf of the 4th largest pension fund in the world. Alex also provides his perspective on hedge fund opportunities and describes NYC Pension Fund’s commitment to co-investment opportunities. And in this episode, listen to what Scott Pittman, chief investment officer of Mount Sinai Health System, asks Alex in our CIO to CIO question.Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment officers live!) at Events. Become an Accelerate Investors Sponsor.