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MFA West 2023 - Advisory Council

March 6, 2023 - March 7, 2023

MFA West 2023 Advisory Council

Chris Hedberg

Chief Financial Officer
AB CarVal

Tyler Kirk

General Counsel
Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust

Chris Hughes

Chief Operating Officer
Axonic Capital LLC

Beste Portnoff

Principal, Head of Operational Due Diligence
Bessemer Trust

Michael Neus

Chief Administrative Officer
Brevan Howard US Investment Management LP

Shaun WT Ng

Managing Director
Cleveland Clinic Investment Office

Julius Mercado

Chief Operating Officer
Columbia Investment Management Company LLC

James Gange

Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel
Davidson Kempner

Robert McGrail

Head of Legal and Compliance
DUMAC, Inc

Richard Walz

General Counsel
Element Capital Management LLC

Meagan Larson

Senior Operational Due Diligence Analyst
Employees Retirement System of Texas

Peter Bergren

Chief Financial Officer
Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

Brendan R. Kalb

Global General Counsel
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP

Michael Fisch

Senior Counsel
Farallon Capital Management

John Ringwood

Deputy General Counsel & Head of Human Resources
Fir Tree Partners

Vaidheesh Krishnamurti

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
General Electric Pension Trust

Megan McDougall

Operations Manager
Georgia Tech Foundation

Christine Ritchie

Managing Director, Investment Risk and Operations
Hackensack Meridian

Isaac Haas

General Counsel
HBK Capital Management

Julia B. Dailey

Chief Operating Officer
Holocene Advisors, LP

Brian Humphries

Director, Investment Operations
Johns Hopkins University Investment Office

Bruce S. Darringer

Chief Operating Officer
King Street Capital Management, L.P.

Jeffrey Wechselblatt

Managing Director, General Counsel
Lone Pine Capital LLC

Courtney E. Kapes Lewis

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Marshall Wace North America L.P.

Travis Jordan

Chief Financial Officer
Meritage Group LP

Stephanie Miranda Pries, JD

Director, Investment Legal Affairs
Notre Dame Investment Office

Michael B. Barry

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Samlyn Capital, LLC

Andrew Collins

Director of ESG Investing
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS)

Michelle Kelner

Senior Partner
Sandglass Capital Advisors, LLC

Dava Ritchea

Chief Financial Officer
Sculptor Capital Management

Andrew Nathanson

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Suvretta Capital Management, LLC

Peyton McNutt

General Counsel
Taconic Capital Advisors LP

Heather Traeger

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

David Cormier

Director of Investment Operations
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

James Snevily

Managing Director, Investment Operations & Risk Management
Trinity Church Wall Street

David Hohmann

Director of Operations & Risk
Tufts University Endowment

Steve H. Metzger, Esq.

Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel & Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
Two Sigma Investments, LP

Mioara Larson

Director of Operations
UCLA Investment Company

Justin Holm

Director – Operational Due Diligence
UTIMCO

Angela G. Vogeli

Senior Associate General Counsel
Vanderbilt University

Sarah Curran

Director of Enterprise Risk and CCO, Private Investments
Wellington Management Company

Erin Mullen

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Woodline Partners

Mark Russo

General Counsel
ZAIS Group, LLC