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Demetrius Sidberry
Demetrius Sidberry is a managing director and Investment Committee member of New Catalyst, where his primary responsibilities include the sourcing and execution of structured partnerships in addition to general partner value creation services. Prior to New Catalyst, Sidberry was a managing director and Investment Committee Member of Hamilton Lane’s Direct Equity team. In this role,…
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Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne is co-head of the Elevate Strategy team under the Sponsor Solutions Group. In addition, she works on various strategic investing initiatives across the firm. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Browne worked at RedBird Capital Partners, where she focused on investing in family and founder-led businesses, including transaction sourcing, company-building, capital raising, and co-investments.…
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Erick Russell
Erick Russell was sworn in as Connecticut’s 84th State Treasurer on January 4, 2023. He is currently serving his first term. Born and raised in New Haven, Russell adopted the worth ethic and financial responsibility of his parents by working in the family’s small convenience store. He would become the first in his family to…
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Ashley Baum
Ashley Baum leads Special Opportunities for the investment division of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), a $200+ billion pension plan serving the educators of Texas. Special Opportunities is a 7-person cross-asset team Baum founded in 2013 to opportunistically deploy capital in areas the Trust might otherwise miss. She began her TRS career in…
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Sean Ward
Sean Ward is a senior managing director of Blue Owl Capital Inc., a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Ward also serves as a member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. Prior to joining Dyal Capital, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital…
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James Diossa
James A. Diossa was elected Rhode Island General Treasurer in November 2022 and sworn in on January 3, 2023. Since taking office, he has led efforts to sustainably grow and diversify Rhode Island’s $11B pension fund and raise the state’s bond rating. Diossa has expanded financial education opportunities and invested in Rhode Islanders through innovative…
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Daniel Gottlieb
Daniel Gottlieb is the chief investment officer for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, whose staff he joined in 2016. Gottlieb oversaw the creation of the organization’s Investment Committee and the build-out of internal staff to manage endowment assets; he and his team rebuilt existing allocations and created the portfolio’s strategy in private funds across asset…
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Elliott Green
Elliott Green is the Co-founder and CEO of Dandelion Health. He began his career in finance, before switching to the world of US health tech as one of the early team members at Oscar Health, where he ran Growth and Expansion. Following time at TrialSpark and Clarify Health, Elliott co-founded Dandelion to focus on bringing…
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Dr. Christina “CJ” Jenkins
Dr. Christina Jenkins (“CJ”) is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Convergent Ventures. CJ co-leads the fund’s strategy in healthcare and life sciences, bringing to the role 25 years of experience in clinical medicine, finance, health system leadership, and governance of payer and provider organizations. She invests in outstanding teams transforming health outcomes via hardware…
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Skip McCormick
Skip McCormick is the Director of Data Science in Global Operations and Technology at BNY Mellon. McCormick is focused on enterprise scale predictive analytics in several business areas, driving the reach and impact of predictive analytics and machine learning for the firm. McCormick is responsible for achieving the strategic direction and execution of the firm’s…
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Kirsten Mycroft
Kirsten’s role is focused on ensuring the compliant, ethical use of data and AI to support BNY Mellon’s strategic business goals, enable innovation and safeguard stakeholder trust. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Kirsten was the Group Head of Data Privacy and Records Management at Lloyds Banking Group. Her career began in consultancy, where she spent…
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