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Board of Directors

Meghna Desai *

Treasurer
PEWIN

Jeri Harman

Founder & Chairman
Avante Capital Partners

Dana Johns *

Head of Private Equity
New Jersey Division of Investment

Alison Killilea

Managing Partner
SVB

Jill Kitazaki *

President
Denning & Company

Meghan Reynolds *

Partner
Altimeter

Norice Rice

Senior Advisor
Fin Capital

Kelly Williams *

CEO
The Williams Legacy Foundation

Carol B. Womack

Principal-Private Equity
Diversified Trust

Alisa Amarosa Wood

Partner
KKR

Joanne Yoo *

Partner
DPI

Iris Zhao-Fiorello *

Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions
Castleforge Partners

* Executive Committee Member

Officers

Meghna Desai

Treasurer

Dana Johns

Chair

Jill Kitazaki

Vice Chair

Joanne Yoo

Secretary

Executive Staff

Emily Mendell

Executive Director

Moby Thomas

Chief Administrative Officer

Committee Chairs

Meghna Desai

Finance Chair

Jeri Harman

Global Events Co-Chair

Ana Maria Harrison

Membership Chair

Eileen Mancera

Communications Chair

Sarah Samuels

Membership Chair

Scottie Wardell

Communications Chair

Carol B. Womack

Global Events Co-Chair

Joanne Yoo

Membership Chair

Committees

Communications Committee

Chairs

Scottie Wardell

Partner
Apollo

Eileen Mancera

Managing Director, Head of Sales and Marketing
Post Advisory Group

Members

Renae Griffin

Executive Director
GCM Grosvenor

Scottie Wardell

Partner
Apollo

Shar Kassam

COO
Nasdaq

Krista Hatcher

Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders

Karen Lin Parks

Managing Director
Charger Investment Partners

Caryn Feinberg

Managing Director
Probitas Partners

Daphne Dufresne

Managing Partner
GeNnX360

Eileen Mancera

Managing Director, Head of Sales and Marketing
Post Advisory Group

Elizabeth Edwards

General Partner
H Venture Partners

Fran Higgins

General Partner
WCAS

Miranda Lindl O’Connell

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Jennifer Mercer

Partner
Paladin Management Group

Alisa Amarosa Wood

Partner
KKR

Bronwyn Bailey

Managing Director
First Republic Bank

Carling O’Brien

Communications Committee Member
PEWIN

Finance Committee

Chairs

Meghna Desai

Treasurer
PEWIN

Members

Sarah Bernstein

Principal, Consultant
Meketa Investment Group

Michelle Huang

Partner
Generation Investment Management

Julia Monfrini Peev

Managing Partner
PACE Healthcare Capital

Meghna Desai

Treasurer
PEWIN

Bronwyn Bailey

Managing Director
First Republic Bank

Membership Committee

Chairs

Sarah Samuels

Partner
NEPC

Joanne Yoo

Partner
DPI

Ana Maria Harrison

Partner
Adams Street Partners

Members

Roselyn Spencer

Founder, CEO
Cedar Pension Consulting

Sarah Corr

Managing Investment Director
CalPERS

Sarah Samuels

Partner
NEPC

Sophia Tsai

Managing Director
Trinity Wall Street

Sylvia Owens

Managing Director
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management

Kelly Williams

CEO
The Williams Legacy Foundation

Kate Mitchell

Co-Founder & Partner
Scale Venture Partners

Krista Hatcher

Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders

Dana Johns

Head of Private Equity
New Jersey Division of Investment

Joanne Yoo

Partner
DPI

Laura Sachar

General Partner and Founder
StarVest Partners

Ana Maria Harrison

Partner
Adams Street Partners

Regional Event Committee

Africa

Runa Alam

Co-Founder and CEO
DPI

Joanne Yoo

Partner
DPI

Asia

Yuka Hata

Managing Director, Head of Fund Investments
Japan Investment Corporation

Vicki Hui

Managing Director, Fund Operations & IR
CITIC Capital Holdings Limited

Shirley Ma

Senior Portfolio Manager
APG Asset Management

Hemal Mirani

Managing Director
HarbourVest

Boston

Geraldine Alias

Portfolio Manager
Choate Investment Advisors

Sarah Samuels

Partner
NEPC

Rudina Seseri

Founder and Managing Partner
Glasswing Ventures

Canada

Katie Barber

Sr. Director, Membership and Community Strategy
Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Sandra Bosela

Managing Director, Global Head of Private Equity
OPTrust

Sonal Doshi

Senior Principal
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Laurie Duke

Partner
Torys LLP

Serra Erdogmus

Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Assets
The Canadian Medical Protective Association

Julie Gray

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Acuity Partners

Brenda Hogan

Chief Investment Officer
Ontario Capital Growth Corporation

Shevaun McGrath

Partner , Co Head of Private Equity
McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Lisa Melchior

Founder & Managing Partner
VERTU Capital

Jennifer Morais

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Acuity Partners

Alison Nankivell

Vice President, Funds and Global Scaling
BDC Capital

Nancy Nightingale

President and Managing Director
Further Capital Partners Ltd.

Kristin Smith

Vice President, Funds and Global Scaling
Novacap

Martha Tredgett

Managing Partner
BFIN (Brookfield Financial)

Europe

Runa Alam

Co-Founder and CEO
DPI

Johanna Barr

Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Limited Partner Services
Advent International

Karen Dolenec

Partner
Ancala Partners

Anna Ferguson

Head of Business Development
Praesidium

Ana Lei-Ortiz

Senior Advisor
Hamilton Lane (UK) Ltd

Beate Pelz


Private Equity Professional

Miriam Schmitter

Managing Director
Commonfund

Joanne Yoo

Partner
DPI

Mid-Atlantic / Washington DC

Lisa Cawley

Managing Director
Screendoor

Bailey DeVries

Associate Administrator
Small Business Administration

Aubrey Hruby

Founder/Managing Partner
Tofino Capital

Dana Stewart Johns

Head of Private Equity
New Jersey Division of Investment

Beth Rahn

Julia Taxin

General Partner
Grotech Ventures

Midwest

Tanya Burnell

Director, Corporate Development
CC Industries, Inc.

Sarah Favaro

Director of Investments
Sawdust Investment Management Corp

Krista Hatcher

Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders

Lisa Pattis

President
Next Chapter Holdings

Melissa Richlen

Manager, Private Equity
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Stephanie Szymanski

CIO
Lakeview Capital Management

Sarah Wuellner

Partner
Promus Equity Partners, LLC

Suzanne Yoon

Managing Partner
Kinzie Capital Partners

New York

Anna Dayn

Managing Partner
New End

Alison Killilea

Managing Partner
SVB

Lisa Lee

Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners

Caitlyn MacDonald

Partner, Head of Investor Relations
Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners

April Meyer

Founder & Principal
Circle b Advisory, LLC.

Stephanie Park

Vice President
Apogem Capital

Susan Soh

Chief of Capital Formation and Investor Relations
GrowthCurve Capital

Texas

Marianne Dwight

Senior Partner
Michael Best

Kathryn Gernert

Portfolio Manager
Texas Permanent School Fund

Shar Kassam

COO
Nasdaq

Rhonda Smith

Board Trustee and Secretary
Houston Municipal Employees Pension System

Twin Cities

Gina Lee Peyton

Partner, Head of Capital Formation
Castlelake

Jen Wilson

Senior Managing Director
Thrivent Financial

West Coast

Nicole Belytschko

Managing Director
CM Capital Advisors

Michele Cucullu

Director
Bayshore Global Management

Lisa Edgar

Managing Director
Top Tier Capital Partners

Renae Griffin

Executive Director
GCM Grosvenor

Karin Kissane

Managing Director, Private Equity
Gates Capital Partners

Jill Kitazaki

President
Denning & Company

Eileen Mancera

Managing Director, Head of Sales and Marketing
Post Advisory Group

Kate Mitchell

Co-Founder & Partner
Scale Venture Partners

Norice Rice

Senior Advisor
Fin Capital

Jennifer Urdan


Retired

Steering Committee

Members

Renae Griffin

Executive Director
GCM Grosvenor

Roselyn Spencer

Founder, CEO
Cedar Pension Consulting

Runa Alam

Co-Founder and CEO
DPI

Sarah Bernstein

Principal, Consultant
Meketa Investment Group

Sarah Corr

Managing Investment Director
CalPERS

Sarah Favaro

Director of Investments
Sawdust Investment Management Corp

Sarah Samuels

Partner
NEPC

Scottie Wardell

Partner
Apollo

Shar Kassam

COO
Nasdaq

Shirley Ma

Senior Portfolio Manager
APG Asset Management

Sophia Tsai

Managing Director
Trinity Wall Street

Suzanne Yoon

Managing Partner
Kinzie Capital Partners

Sylvia Owens

Managing Director
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management

Vicki Hui

Managing Director, Fund Operations & IR
CITIC Capital Holdings Limited

Yuka Hata

Managing Director, Head of Fund Investments
Japan Investment Corporation

Lisa Pattis

President
Next Chapter Holdings

Meghan Reynolds

Partner
Altimeter

Kelly Williams

CEO
The Williams Legacy Foundation

Michele Cucullu

Director
Bayshore Global Management

Kate Mitchell

Co-Founder & Partner
Scale Venture Partners

Miriam Schmitter

Managing Director
Commonfund

Nina Lesavoy

Founder and Managing Director
Avec Capital

Norice Rice

Senior Advisor
Fin Capital

Paige Daly

Managing Director
Harvest Partners

Krista Hatcher

Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders

Dana Johns

Head of Private Equity
New Jersey Division of Investment

Judy Chambers

Managing Principal
Meketa Investment Group

Jill Kitazaki

President
Denning & Company

Joanne Yoo

Partner
DPI

Kim Lew

CEO
Columbia Investment Management

Kimberly Woods

Assistant to CIO for Investments, Compliance & Risk Management
DC Retirement Board

Iris Zhao-Fiorello

Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions
Castleforge Partners

Laura Sachar

General Partner and Founder
StarVest Partners

Chloe Taysom

Associate Director
Oxford University Endowment Management

Meghna Desai

Treasurer
PEWIN

Daphne Dufresne

Managing Partner
GeNnX360

Eileen Mancera

Managing Director, Head of Sales and Marketing
Post Advisory Group

Georganne Perkins

Founder and Senior Advisor
GFP Capital

Hemal Mirani

Managing Director
HarbourVest

Holly Holtz

Managing Director
Shinrun Advisors

Miranda Lindl O’Connell

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Jeri Harman

Founder & Chairman
Avante Capital Partners

Adele Oliva

Partner
1315 Capital

Alisa Amarosa Wood

Partner
KKR

Alison Killilea

Managing Partner
SVB

Ana Maria Harrison

Partner
Adams Street Partners

Andrea Kramer

Managing Director
Hamilton Lane

Carol B. Womack

Principal-Private Equity
Diversified Trust

Carol Womack

Principal, Private Equity
Diversified Trust

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