The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses, a satellite campus in Springfield and also 25 campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts Global.
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. The school only offers a Master of Business Administration degree program.
David Thomas McLaughlin was the 14th President of Dartmouth College, 1981–1987. McLaughlin also served as chief executive officer of Orion Safety Products from 1988 to December 31, 2000. He was chairman of the Aspen Institute from 1987 to 1988 and its president and chief executive officer from 1988 to 1997. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Toro Company from 1977 to 1981, after serving in various management positions at Toro Company since 1970. McLaughlin served as a director of CBS Corporation from 1979 and as chairman in the late 1990s. He also served as a director of Infininity Broadcasting Corporation until the Infinity merger.
PIMCO is an American investment management firm focusing on active fixed income management worldwide. PIMCO manages investments in many asset classes such as fixed income, equities, commodities, asset allocation, ETFs, hedge funds, and private equity. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers, actively managing more than $2 trillion in assets for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations, foundations and endowments, and individual investors around the world. PIMCO’s headquarters are in Newport Beach, California; the firm has over 3,100 employees working in 22 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage around €2.5 trillion of third-party assets.
The Harvard University endowment, valued at $53.2 billion as of June 2021, is the largest academic endowment in the world. Its value increased by over 10 billion dollars in fiscal year 2021, ending the year with its largest sum in history. Along with Harvard's pension assets, working capital, and non-cash gifts, the endowment is managed by Harvard Management Company, Inc. (HMC), a Harvard-owned investment management company.
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executives (EMBA), Master of Advanced Management (MAM), Master's Degree in Systemic Risk (SR), Master's Degree in Global Business & Society (GBS), Master's Degree in Asset Management (AM), and Ph.D. degrees, as well as joint degrees with nine other graduate programs at Yale University.
David Frederick Swensen was an American investor, endowment fund manager, and philanthropist. He was the chief investment officer at Yale University from 1985 until his death in May 2021.
Michael R. Eisenson is a managing director and co-chairman of Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Boston and New York. Eisenson co-founded the firm in 1998 and served as its CEO until 2017. Charlesbank raised its most recent fund, Charlesbank Equity Fund IX, in 2017, with $2.75 billion of investor commitments.
Gary Lewis Crittenden is an American financial manager. He is currently an executive director of HGGC, where he also previously served as CEO and chairman. He is also the former chairman of Citi Holdings. He has served as chairman of the boards of Citadel, Power Holdings, and iQor; as lead independent director of Pluralsight; and has served on the boards of Extra Space Storage, Staples Inc., Ryerson, Inc., TJX Companies, and Utah Capital Investment Corp. From 2000 to 2007, Crittenden was executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of American Express, and from March 2007 to March 2009, he was the chief financial officer of Citigroup.
Charles Edgar Haldeman, Jr. was the chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, known as Freddie Mac, a publicly traded company that is the second largest source of mortgage financing in the United States. On October 26, 2011, it was announced that Haldeman would retire, but he agreed to stay until a successor was found. Haldeman left Freddie Mac in May 2012. He is the former President, CEO, and chairman of the board of directors, of Putnam Investments, a mutual fund company based in Boston, Massachusetts. He served on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2004 to 2012.
Otis "Mason" Hawkins is an American value investor and the founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. In 1975, Hawkins founded Southeastern Asset Management, a $35 billion employee-owned, global investment management firm and the investment advisor to the Longleaf Partners Funds, a suite of mutual funds and UCITS funds.
Jane L. Mendillo is an American endowment fund manager. She was the president and chief executive officer of the Harvard Management Company, charged with managing Harvard University's endowment. She led the investment team from 2008 to 2014, when the endowment was valued at $36.4 billion, having recovered fully from the impact of the global financial crisis. Prior to leading the company, from 1987 to 2002, she was in charge of managing the endowment's domestic equities, venture capital, natural resources investments and charitable trusts.
Olympus Partners is a private equity firm founded in 1988 to make equity investments in middle market leveraged buyouts and growth capital financings. Although the firm invests in a wide array of industries, over time it has developed deep knowledge and experience in the following sectors:
Paul Donnelly Paganucci was a prominent American investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator and businessman.
David Marchick is an American attorney, businessman, academic, and diplomat who serves as dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University. He previously served as chief operating officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation during the first year of the Biden administration. He previously served as director of the Center for Presidential Transition, as a senior executive at The Carlyle Group and in four departments in the Clinton administration. He is the co-author of the book, "The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America's Presidential Transitions", published by UVA press.
Win Jay Neuger is the chairman and founder of EcoAlpha Asset Management, an investment management firm.
John Thomas Hailer is an American financial services executive, who retired in April 2017 as president and chief executive officer of Natixis Global Asset Management – The Americas & Asia, a subsidiary of French bank Natixis.
Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr. is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, CEO and chief investment officer (CIO) of Chilton Investment Company, a global investment management firm, which as of June 2014 had roughly $4 billion assets under management. Chilton is also the founder, chairman, and CIO of Chilton Trust Company, a private wealth management company.
Cambridge Associates is a privately held investment firm based in the United States. It provides investment portfolio management and advisory services to institutional investors, including foundations and endowments, pensions, private clients, and corporate and government entities.
The Williams College Investment Office is the subsidiary office of Williams College responsible for managing the College's endowment of over US $4.2 billion. The Office is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Its Chief Investment Officer is Collette Chilton.
