Board
The organizations' boards comprise experienced institutional investors, including the chief investment officers of leading endowments and foundations.
Seth Alexander is president of MIT Investment Management Company (Cambridge, MA) where he oversees its $12.7 billion portfolio. He was formerly a director at the Yale Investments Office. He is a CFA charterholder. [TAS board, TAS risk management committee]
Suzanne Brenner is chief investment officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) where she oversees its $2.5 billion portfolio. She was formerly deputy chief investment officer and associate treasurer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was previously assistant treasurer and director of investments at The Rockefeller Foundation. She is a certified public accountant. [TIP board, TIP audit committee, TIP nominating committee chair]
Christopher Brightman is chief executive officer and acts as chief investment officer of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (Charlottesville, VA) where he oversees an endowment of $4 billion. He serves as an investment advisory committee member of the Virginia Retirement System. He was formerly the chief investment officer of Strategic Investment Group, a multi-manager global investment firm. He is a CFA charterholder. [TAS board chair, TAS risk management committee]
Richard Flannery is chief executive officer of TIFF Advisory Services and president and chief executive officer of TIFF Investment Program. He was formerly executive vice president of the global money management firm Delaware Investments. [TAS board]
Sheryl Johns is executive vice president of Houston Endowment Inc. (Houston, TX), where she oversees an endowment of over $1.6 billion. She was formerly a manager with the accounting firm Ernst & Young. She is a certified management accountant as well as a certified public accountant. [TEF board chair, TEF audit committee chair, TEF governance committee chair, TIP board, TIP audit committee chair, TIP nominating committee]
Mark Kritzman is president and CEO of Windham Capital Management (Cambridge, MA) where he is responsible for managing research activities and investment advisory services. He is also research director of the CFA Institute's Research Foundation, and he teaches a graduate course in financial engineering at MIT's Sloan School of Management. [TAS board, TAS risk management committee chair]
Bill McCalpin was formerly the executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Rockefeller Brothers Fund where he was responsible for finance, investment management, information technology, communications, and grants administration. Prior to assuming his position with RBF, Mr. McCalpin was director of investments related to programs at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. He was a founding director of TIFF and is a director of the F.B. Heron Foundation. He currently serves as chair of the board of trustees of the Janus Funds. [TIP board chair, TIP audit committee, TIP nominating committee]
William McLean is vice president and chief investment officer of Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) which has endowment assets of $6 billion. He was formerly senior managing director of asset and investment management of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and an investment officer at The Duke Endowment. He serves on the investment committees of Father Flanagan’s Boys Home and NCAA. [TAS board, TAS governance committee, TAS compensation and finance committee chair, TAS audit committee chair]
Jane Mendillo is president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (Boston, MA), which has endowment assets of approximately $35 billion. She was formerly chief investment officer of Wellesley College and was previously a vice president of Harvard Management Company and a management consultant with Bain & Company. [TAS board]
David Salem is founding president and chief investment officer of TIFF Advisory Services, as well as founding president of TEF. He was formerly a partner in the Boston-based investment advisory firm of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. [TAS board, TEF board]
Ellen Shuman is vice president and chief investment officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York (New York, NY), where she oversees its $2.7 billion portfolio. She was formerly the director of investments at Yale University. She is a CFA charterholder. [TAS board, TAS governance committee chair, TAS audit committee]
| Legend | ||
| TAS: | TIFF Advisory Services (registered investment advisor) | |
| TEF: | TIFF Education Foundation (private operating foundation) | |
| TIP: | TIFF Investment Program (mutual fund series) | |
