Attendee List

Pod

Team SBCERA

Trustees

MARC BRACCO | Board Chair | Elected Member
JEAN-RENE BASLE | Board Vice Chair | Appointed Member
LOUIS FIORINO | Elected Member
ENSEN MASON | Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector | Ex Officio Member
DAWN ROWE | Appointed Member
DAWN STAFFORD | Elected Member
HARRY HATCH | Elected Member – Alternate
JARED NEWCOMER | Elected Member – Alternate
NEAL WANER | Appointed Member 

Investment Team

DONALD PIERCE | Chief Investment Officer
AMIT THANKI | Senior Investment Officer
JAKE ABBOTT | Senior Investment Officer
THOMAS KIM | Senior Investment Officer
EYDIE COX | Senior Investment Analyst
EMELY MORENO | Senior Investment Analyst
MICHAEL LAW | Investment Operations & Portfolio Analytics Manager            
ERIN CALICCHIO | Deputy Clerk of the Board & Senior Executive Secretary           
ESTEFANIA RUIZ | Office Specialist                                                                               

SBCERA Staff

DEBBY CHERNEY | Chief Executive Officer
AMY MCINERNY | Chief Financial Officer
JOSEPH MICHAEL | Chief Information Officer 
CHRISTINA CINTRON | Chief of Member Services
STACEY BARNIER | Chief Human Resources Officer
OLIVIA APPLEGATE | Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations
SCOTT VANHORNE | Government Affairs Manager
JAYSON EATON | Accounting Manager
CHRISTA JAMES | Clerk of the Board & Executive Assistant                                                                    
JALEL BRADEN | Communications Specialist 

Outside Consultants

SAM AUSTIN | Partner | NEPC
THOMAS BOYD | Portfolio Manager, Overlay Services | Russell Investments
ALEX CHUANG | Attorney | Nossaman
TODD CROUTHAMEL | Director | Kreischer Miller
JOSH GOODELL | Regional Director, Large Market, Americas Institutional | Russell Investments
JOHN KENNEDY | Partner & Attorney | Nossaman 
JENNIFER KREISCHER | Director | Kreischer Miller
SUSAN MCDONOUGH | Account Executive & Asset Owner RM Team Lead | State Street Global Advisors 
THOMAS PETERS | Director | Kreischer Miller
GINA SANCHEZ | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Chantico Global
NEIL SHETH | Partner | NEPC 

Guest Speakers

SAM AUSTIN | Partner | NEPC
THOMAS BOYD | Portfolio Manager, Overlay Services | Russell Investments                          
JARVIS HOLLINGSWORTH | Vice Chairman | Irradiant Partners & Former Board Chair | Teacher Retirement System of Texas
JOHN KENNEDY | Partner & Attorney | Nossaman 
ALEX KESSEL | Partner, Co-Investments | Adams Street Partners                                                             
LEE KRUTER | Partner & Head of Performing Credit | GoldenTree Asset Management       
GINA SANCHEZ | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Chantico Global               
KATHY SUTHERLAND | Chief Executive Officer | GoldenTree Asset Management
SARAH SIWINSKI | Vice President, Americas Institutional Business | BlackRock 
MIKE TAYLOR | Partner, Co-Investments | Adams Street Partners                  

Managers 

Adams Street Partners

  • RICK CASTRO | Vice President, Investor Relations 
  • ALEX KESSEL | Partner
  • MIKE TAYLOR | Partner

Alcentra 

  • BRANDON CHAO | Managing Director
  • LAURANCE RAVEN | Head of Special Situations
  • DAIRE WHEELER | Managing Director 

Apollo Global Management

  • CHRISTOPHER LAHOUD | Partner
  • DANIELLE THORSEN | Partner, Head of West Coast Client & Product Solutions
  • DAVID WRIGHT | Managing Director

Ares Management

  • SCOTT MCCONNELL | Partner, Consultant Relations 

AS Birch Grove

  • JONATHAN BERGER | Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
  • JAMES DICKINSON | Director, Investor Relationships
  • COLLEEN KENNEDY | Principal

Bardin Hill Investment Partners

  • JASON DILLOW | Chief Executive Officer 

Beach Point Capital 

  • JOHN QUINTANAR | Managing Director

Benefits Street Partners 

  • NICHOLAS JOHNSTON | Managing Director

BlackRock  

  • GRANT DECHERT | Vice President
  • ANDERS ENGDAHL | Director
  • SARAH SWINSKI | Vice President

Corrum Capital 

  • JONATHAN MANDLE | Co-Managing Partner 
  • ERIN OLOFSON | Director 

Crestline Investors

  • SUMMER JARRATT | Managing Director 

GoldenTree Asset Management

  • LEE KRUTER | Partner
  • NATALIE LANDIS | Managing Director 
  • KATHY SUTHERLAND | Chief Executive Officer

Gramercy

  • GUSTAVO FERRARO | Partner, Head of Capital Solutions   

Industry Ventures

  • LINDSAY SHARMA | Managing Director 

Invesco

  • ELIOT HONAKER | Managing Director

Invesco Real Estate

  • MAX SWANGO | Managing Director, Global Head of Client Portfolio Management

Irradiant Partners

  • ZACHARY AXELROD | Head of Investor Relations 
  • JOHN EANES | Co-Chief Executive Officer
  • JARVIS HOLLINGSWORTH | Vice Chairman 

Lone View Capital 

  • RISHI CHANDNA | Managing Partner

LuminArx Capital Management

  • GIDEON BERGER | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 

Marathon Asset Management

  • ALEX TANASE | Managing Director

Partners Group

  • EVAN APPEL | Portfolio Management 
  • KYLE OSBORN | Senior Vice President

Pathway Capital Management

  • JIM CHAMBLISS | Managing Director 
  • BRYAN NELSON | Director 

Patria GPMS

  • ERIC ALBERTSON | Head of US Private Equity
  • PATRICK KNECHTLI | Head of Secondaries

PGIM Fixed Income 

  • PETER TAGGART | Principal
  • ROBERT VENTURA | Director, Institutional Relationship Manager

PGIM Private Alternatives

  • STEVE MOEN | Executive Director 

Pinnacle Asset Management

  • GUS CATSAVIS | Managing Director 
  • JASON KELLMAN | Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer 
  • SCOTT KELLMAN | Managing Partner 

Polus Capital Management

  • ZACHARY FARMER | Head of Business Development

Principal Asset Management

  • TERI SMITH | Managing Director       

Siguler Guff & Co.

  • JIM FINK | Managing Director, Marketing

TPG Angelo Gordon

  • VICTORIA CHOI | Director
  • BRYAN RUSH | Managing Director

Wasatch Global Investors

  • KARTI BHATT | Client Portfolio Manager 
  • KITTY SWENSON | Director Institutional Client Relations

Waterfall Asset Management

  • TOM CAPASSE | Co-Managing Partner
  • TAYLOR ROSS | Business Development 
  • LEO WONG | Partner 

William Blair & Co. 

  • RENEE MCGRAIL | Senior Client Relationship Manager 

ZAIS Group

  • CHRISTIAN BRUNE | Managing Director
  • DENISE CROWLEY | Head of Structured Investments 
  • DANIEL CURRY | Chief Executive Officer

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