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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
André Rice is president of Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC, a private equity firm investing in small and emerging managers. Rice oversees firm operations, client service, business development, and chairs the investment committee. He serves on the corporate board of CNA and is active in several industry and civic groups, including New America Alliance…
Nicola Halsall Idehen is the former enterprise head of people at Citadel. She was previously the chief human resources officer at private equity firm Vistria, and the head of talent development at GCM Grosvenor. She began her career as a fixed income product specialist at JP Morgan Private Bank and a hedge fund product specialist…
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