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David Burke
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David Burke is a founder and managing director of Makena Capital Management, an investment management firm with $15 billion of endowment assets under management. Prior to forming Makena in 2005, Dave was a Managing Director of the Stanford Management Company, overseeing the Stanford University endowment’s investments in private equity and venture capital. Prior to joining the Stanford Management Company, Dave ran the private equity investment program for The Investment Fund for Foundations. During the 1990s, Dave was an international capital markets lawyer in London and Paris with Linklaters, and practiced law with Bingham McCutchen in San Francisco. Dave has a BS in Finance, Juris Doctor, and MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and is a frequent lecturer on venture capital and investment management topics at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Dave currently serves on the advisory boards of 25 private equity and venture capital firms in the US and abroad, and is an observing board member of Laureate Education, Inc.
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John A. Canning, Jr.
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John
A. Canning, Jr. is Chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"),
which specializes in management buyout and special equity investing.
MDP manages over $18 billion of committed capital and portfolio
investments. Prior to founding MDP in 1993, Mr. Canning spent 24 years
with First Chicago Corporation, most recently as Executive Vice
President of The First National Bank of Chicago and President of First
Chicago Venture Capital. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors
of The Economic Club of Chicago, Exelon Corporation, Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball Club, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, TransUnion Corp., and
Children's Inner City Educational Fund. He also serves on the Boards of
Trustees of the Big Shoulders Fund, The Field Museum, Museum of Science
and Industry, and Northwestern University. Mr. Canning is also a
Commissioner of the Irish Pension Reserve Fund, a Trustee and Chairman
of The Chicago Community Trust, and a Director and Chairman of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. Canning has an A.B. from Denison
University and a J.D. from Duke University.
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Bryan C. Cressey
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Bryan
Cressey is a Co-founder of Cressey & Company, Golder, Thoma,
Cressey, Rauner, Inc., Thoma Cressey Equity Partners. Which manage over
a billion dollars of private equity funds. Numerous highly successful
companies have evolved from GTCR’s industry consolidation strategy,
including the world’s largest paging company, the nation’s second
largest networking cable company, the fourth largest funeral home
company in the U.S. and the nation’s fourth largest propane
distribution company. Fortune and Time have recognized his
industry consolidation leadership, and his particular expertise in the
healthcare services field has been widely acknowledged. Mr. Cressey
serves as Chairman of Belden, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company,
and is a Director of several other companies. Mr. Cressey holds an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and
a B.A. from the University of Washington.
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W. James Farrell
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W.
James Farrell is the recently retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool
Works Inc. (ITW), a multi-national manufacturer of highly engineered
fasteners, components, assemblies and systems. ITW is comprised
of approximately 825 decentralized operations in 52 countries with more
than 60,000 employees and 2005 Revenues of approximately $16.2 billion.
Mr. Farrell was elected Chairman in May 1996 before which he had served
as President and CEO. Prior to that time, he was Executive Vice
President of the company. Since joining ITW in 1965 Mr. Farrell
held numerous general manager and vice president positions. Mr. Farrell
is active in numerous business, educational and cultural organizations.
Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of Abbott, Allstate
Insurance Company, 3M and UAL Corporation. Mr. Farrell also serves on
the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Lyric Opera
of Chicago, Junior Achievement of Chicago, and the United Way of
Metropolitan Chicago and is the former Chairman and Director of the
Federal Reserve of Chicago. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the
Museum of Science and Industry, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical
Center, and Northwestern University and is the Chairman of the Campaign
Steering Committee of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In
addition, Mr. Farrell is a member of the Business Council and a member
of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Mr. Farrell
holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit.
He also served in the U.S Army from 1965-1967.
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John A. Haggerty, CFA
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Mr. Haggerty has been in the financial services industry since 1993, joined Meketa Investment Group in 1996 and carries consulting, management, and research responsibilities. He chairs the firm’s Private Markets Investment Committee (PMIC) and oversees the firm’s due diligence in this area, which has resulted in over $1 billion in annual client commitments.
The PMIC governs client portfolio management, commitment pacing, strategic policy, and approval of individual investments. Mr. Haggerty is a member of the firm’s Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Investment Committees.
Mr. Haggerty became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1998 and is a member of the CFA Institute, the Boston Security Analysts Society, and the Pension Real Estate Association. He serves on the Advisory Board of select buyout and venture capital limited partnerships. Mr. Haggerty speaks at numerous industry events, including those sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits, Dow Jones, and Private Equity International.
Mr. Haggerty held previous positions at IBC/Financial Data and The Boston Company. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
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Brian Knitt
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Brian Knitt is a Managing Director of Cheyenne Capital Fund. Mr. Knitt has experience in private equity as a director and an investor. In the private equity area, he has expertise in a full range of matters, including sourcing and selecting investment opportunities, due diligence, negotiating deal terms, and adding value to investments. Mr. Knitt joined Cheyenne Capital Fund in 2003. Prior to joining Cheyenne Capital Fund, Mr. Knitt focused on telecommunications and information technology private equity investments as an investment professional at Meritage Funds. Meritage is one of Colorado’s largest private equity funds with over $500 million of committed capital under management. Prior to Mr. Knitt’s private equity career, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He left the service in 1998 with the rank of Captain. Mr. Knitt received a B.S. from Colorado State University, a M.S. from the University of Southern California and a M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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Karl Polen
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Karl Polen joined the Arizona State Retirement System in 2010 as its portfolio manager for private
markets. In that capacity he is responsible for investments of over $4 billion in real estate, private
equity and opportunistic investments.
From 2002 to 2010, Karl was the Executive Vice President in charge of real estate operations for Pivotal
Group, an investor in real estate and private equity projects. From 1987 to 2002, Karl was chief financial
officer of Robson Communities, a general contractor and developer of age restricted resort communities
where he handled acquisitions, finance, entitlements, utility operations and commercial real estate. Karl
served twelve years on the board of the Arizona State Retirement System including terms as chairman
of investments and chairman of the board. Karl also served on the board of the Central Arizona Project
and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, where he and his wife established the Jemeille
Ackourey scholarship fund to provide music and art lessons for talented youth in need of financial
assistance.
Karl is a CPA (inactive license), holds an MBA degree from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Music
degree from the University of Illinois.
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Hunter S. Reisner
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Hunter
Reisner is a Managing Director of ACI Capital. Prior to joining ACI, he
was the Founder and Managing Partner of Citigroup Investments Private
Equity Group and became Senior Partner of its successor, Citigroup
Private Equity. In these capacities, Mr. Reisner was responsible for
investing over $3 billion and managing over $6 billion of proprietary
and client capital in over 30 private equity direct investments and
over 125 private equity partnerships. Previously, he invested in
private equity as well as public equity and equity-related securities
at Butler Capital, Salomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley. He has also
served as a senior equity capital markets professional at Smith Barney
and Salomon Brothers. Mr. Reisner has held seats on the advisory
boards, investment committees and boards of directors of over 20
private equity funds and portfolio companies, most of which operate in
the middle market. He received a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from
Yale University, graduating summa cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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Joseph Rest
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Joseph Rest, CAIA, is a Private Equity Investment Officer for the 430,000 member New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS). Mr. Rest works on a team that manages 143 partnerships with 66 private equity firms and $14 billion in commitments which account for approximately 7% of the System’s invested assets. Mr. Rest has been a part of the NYSTRS Private Equity team since December 2008.
Prior to joining NYSTRS, Mr. Rest was employed as an Internal Auditor at Trans World Entertainment (Nasdaq: TWMC), the parent company of independent media chain For Your Entertainment (FYE) stores. Prior to Trans World Entertainment, Mr. Rest spent approximately two years as an Internal Auditor at Trustco Bank (Nasdaq: TRST), a retail bank based in Upstate New York with branches in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, and Florida.
Mr. Rest received his MBA from Hawaii Pacific University and a BS in Business Administration from The College of Saint Rose. Mr. Rest is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) and a CFA Level II candidate.
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Jennifer W. Steans
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Jennifer
W. Steans is the President of Financial Investments Corporation
("FIC"), where she oversees private equity investments and the Steans
family office operations. Prior to founding FIC in 1994, Ms. Steans
served as Treasurer of Prime Graphics, Inc. and as a Senior Consultant
then as Manager for the Management Consulting arm of Deloitte &
Touche, primarily in the finance and health care industries. Ms.
Steans’ business affiliations include service as a Chairman of MCS
Holdings, LLC and USAmeribancorp, Inc., a privately held Tampa Bay area
middle market bank. She is also a Director of Provest Holdings, LLC and
Elektra Holding Company, LLC. Ms. Steans also actively helps lead a
number of nonprofit entities, including serving as past Chair of
Leadership Greater Chicago. She currently serves as Trustee of Eleanor
Foundation, City Year Chicago, Ravinia Festival, The Steans Family
Foundation and Swedish Covenant Hospital. Ms. Steans received her
Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University and holds a B.S. degree from Davidson College.
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Cornelius B. Waud
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Ron
Waud is a former senior executive of Illinois Tool Works Inc. Mr. Waud
joined ITW, a company founded by his grandfather in 1963, when it had
$33 million in revenues. Today ITW is a $16 billion multinational
corporation with over 825 operating units in 52 countries. During his
tenure at ITW, Mr. Waud held a variety of positions, including General
Manager, Chief Engineer, Vice President, Group President and, finally,
President of one of ITW’s worldwide business units. Mr. Waud has a B.A.
in Economics from St. Lawrence University. In addition, he serves as a
Director of American Louver Company and Whitehall Products, L.L.C. He
was previously a director of the Chicago Crime Commission and Junior
Achievement of Chicago. From 1996 until 1999, Mr. Waud served as the
Mayor of Lake Forest, Illinois.
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