Compass Speaker
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Andrew Junkin
Andrew Junkin serves as the chief investment officer of the Virginia Retirement System where he manages and oversees the investment program for the fund, valued at more than $100 billion. The fund serves approximately 773,000 active members, retirees and beneficiaries. VRS covers teachers, state employees and most employees of the Commonwealth’s counties, cities, towns and…
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Ermias Nessibu
Ermias Nessibu is involved in all aspects of the firm’s real estate practice, including deal sourcing, structuring, due diligence, asset management, and managing client relationships. He has previously worked with owner-operators where he was responsible for executing real estate debt and equity investments in the residential, office, retail, and hospitality sectors across North America. Prior…
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Sasha Bernier
Sasha Bernier is managing partner at Hestia Holdings, a private investment vehicle. He is also in the investment team of Cheltenham Enterprises, a single-family office. Bernier is an active real estate and opportunistic investor. Previously, Bernier served as the vice president of Revere Capital, a real estate debt fund with the responsibility for underwriting and…
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Julie Ingersoll
Julianna “Julie” Ingersoll joined CBRE Investment Management in October 2021 as CIO for the Americas Direct Real Estate business, with the overall responsibility for the investment strategy, portfolio management, and analytics of almost $34.7BN in AUM (12/31/24). She chairs the Americas Direct Real Estate Investment Committee and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.…
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Manuel Casanga
Manuel Casanga joined the New York State Common Retirement Fund in 1997. He is the director for real estate and real asset investments. He’s been the director for real estate investments since August 2015, with further responsibility for real asset investments since July 2018. He manages a combined portfolio totaling $33.5 billion and develops the…
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Patrick Severson
Patrick Severson joined Vista Equity Partners in 2013, and is co-head of the Vista Foundation Funds and sits on its investment committee. Additionally, he serves as a member of Vista’s executive committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s private equity management committee, the firm’s…
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John Claisse
John Claisse joined Albourne in July 1996, relocated from London to San Francisco in July 2003 and became Albourne Group CEO in August 2015. Claisse is an equity partner and member of Albourne’s Executive Committee, Corporate Planning Council, and also leads the firm’s DEIB Committee & Council. He serves on the governing board of The…
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Dr. Mary Lovely
Mary E. Lovely is the Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute. She served as the 2022 Carnegie Chair in US-China Relations with the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Lovely is professor emeritus of economics at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she was Melvin A. Eggers…
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Kathlika Fontes
Ms. Kathlika Fontes is managing director, Capital Formation and Investor Relations, responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with limited partners and for managing the firm’s corporate affairs and strategic communications functions.Prior to Grain, Fontes was a lead client advisor at StepStone. Previously, she held roles in investor relationship management with Deutsche Asset Management and technology…
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Malia Cohen
State Controller Malia M. Cohen was elected in November 2022, following her service on the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), the nation’s only elected tax commission responsible for administering California’s $100 billion property tax system. She was elected to the BOE in November 2018 and was chair in 2019 and 2022. As controller, she…
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Ashley MacNeill
Ashley MacNeill joined Vista Equity Partners in 2022. MacNeill works across the organization to run the firm’s capital markets strategy focused on equity, including managing all portfolio company equity financing activities. She is also co-president of VistaOne. Prior to joining Vista, MacNeill spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley, where she most recently served as co-head…
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Matthew Tepper
Matthew Tepper is head of the Americas Indirect Real Estate team. Based in Boston, Tepper is responsible for investment activity in the region including sourcing, executing investments and asset management. He has been responsible for the investment of over US$6 billion in equity on behalf of clients, including over US$4 billion in joint-ventures, programmatic ventures,…
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