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Join us at Institutional Investor’s Allocators Choice Award's our gala event where the industry gathers to recognize and celebrate outstanding allocators who have achieved exceptional success.
This year’s finalists were selected from a pool of candidates nominated by asset managers, allocators, and consultants in May and June. After the call for nominations, Institutional Investor’s CIO Advisory Board also submitted names of potential finalists and II’s editorial staff conducted its own research and vetted candidates
The winners will be announced on September 12 at a gala dinner at New York’s Mandarin Oriental.
Allocator With the Best Hedge Fund Portfolio
- Scott Davis, Chief Investment Officer at Indiana Public Retirement System
- Marcus Frampton, Chief Investment Officer at Alaska Permanent Fund
- Pedro Guazo, Chief Executive of the Office for Investment Management at United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
- Zachary Hanna, Chief Investment Officer at Alaska Retirement Management Board
- Baylor University
Corporate Pension Plan Chief Investment Officer of the Year
- Ernie Caballero, Chief Investment Officer at UPS
- Laura Hill, Chief Investment Officer at Advocate Aurora Health
- Rick Klute, Investment Officer at IBM
- Josh Rabuck, Chief Investment Officer at Indiana University Health
- Alyssa Rieder, Chief Investment Officer at CommonSpirit Health
- Stefan Strein, Chief Investment Officer at Cleveland Clinic
Family Office Chief Investment Officer of the Year
- Alan M. Dachs, Chairman and CEO of the Fremont Group
- Kevin Frischman, Chief Investment Officer at Square Deal Capital
- Alisa Mall, Chief Investment Officer at DFO Management
- Tom Peck, Chief Investment Officer at Hageman Group
Insurance Company Chief Investment Officer of the Year
- Brad Dyslin, Chief Investment Officer at Aflac Global Investments
- Tim Schmidt, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Prudential Financial
- Mark Silverstein, Chief Investment Officer at Sompo
Institutional Investor’s ten Rising Stars is made up of people who are on track to become leaders within the industry. They were selected by the editorial team from a pool of nominations submitted by an advisory board, peers, bosses, and industry experts.
- John Atsalis, Managing Director, Columbia Investment Management Company
- Brad Bauguss, Associate Director, Tulane University Investment Office
- Chloe Breider, Vice President, GIC
- Renee Hanna, Managing Director of Investments, Baylor University
- Sam Johnson, Director of Investments, Loyola University Chicago
- Chase Nicholson, Senior Portfolio Manager, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
- Jocelyn Bilkey Saldana, Managing Director of Investments, Emory University
- Caroline Thomas, Investment Director, Smith College
- Michael Watson, Associate Director - Office of Investments, NewYork-Presbyterian
- Summer Zhao, Investment Director, Lafayette College