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TRS/ERS Emerging Manager Conference
Learn more about the TRS and ERS Emerging Manager Programs Wednesday, February 28, 2024      
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The Teacher Retirement of Texas (TRS) and Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) will host the 19th annual Emerging Manager Conference. Traditionally hosted in Austin, TX, the Emerging Manager Conference will be brought to you virtually for 2024. TRS and ERS are globally recognized institutional asset managers with combined assets under management of more than $230 billion.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 the virtual conference will go live. The conference will showcase the 5th annual Allocator Hall, giving GPs direct access to asset allocators. In addition, going virtual gives attendees 30 days to access content on-demand.

TRS and ERS are expecting Emerging Managers from across all asset classes along with Public and Corporate Pensions, Endowments and Foundations, Asset Allocators, and Consultants. The objective of the conference is to provide a space for small and emerging managers to connect with a broad set of asset allocators while also sharing industry-leading insights and best practices. TRS and ERS manage the investments of over 2.4 million members.

Agenda

08:00 – 10:00 AM CST

 Impact of New SEC rulings

 A conversation with industry professionals about the impact of new SEC rulings, particularly on the private capital market

Thomas Deinet (Moderator)
Managing Director of SBAI

Burke Montgomery
General Counsel, GCM Grosvenor

Neal Prunier
Senior Director, Industry Affairs at ILPA

Sherri Rossoff
Managing Director of RockCreek


 Manager Panel

 A look at current challenges emerging managers are facing; such as fundraising, market volatility, and graduation

Kirk Sims (Moderator)
Managing Director of Emerging Managers Program TRS Investment Management Division

Khoi Tran
Portfolio Manager, Public Markets at TRS

Milton Berlinski
Co-founder Reverence Capital

Nickie Norris
Senior Partner, COO & CCO, New Heritage Capital 

Robert Jue
Co-Founder and CEO of Standard Real Estate Investments


 Treasury Panel

 An informative discussion with the U.S. Department of the Treasury about capital being made available to emerging   managers

Kirk Sims (Moderator)
Managing Director of Emerging Managers Program TRS Investment Management Division

Karl Fooks

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

Morning Allocator Hall

12:00 – 1:00 PM CST

Lunch break – Feel free to explore the venue or check out our engaging panels!

01:00 – 3:00 PM CST

Afternoon Allocator Hall

Sponsors

Allocator Hall Participants

Booth Name Booth Rep Name
1 Seed Partners Ethan Psyk  
1 Seed Partners Tyrell Dixon Core,Credit-Real Estate,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Value-add
Accelerate Investors (Other Service Providers) Alex Harper  
Advocate Health Stephanie Bratcher Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Albourne (Other Service Providers) Jake Merl Long/Short
Albourne (Other Service Providers) Maria-Lola Stavrou
Albourne (Other Service Providers) Mubariz Ahmad Credit-Hedge Funds
Apollo / Redding Ridge Tim Veselik
Astarte Capital Partners Ruchi Jha Natural Resource,Infrastructure
Astarte Capital Partners Stavros Siokos
Attucks Asset Management (Other Service Providers) Andrea Koch Small Cap
Attucks Asset Management (Other Service Providers) Joe Stelmaszek
Attucks Asset Management (Other Service Providers) Mimi Nikolova Large Cap,Mid Cap,Small Cap
Attucks Asset Management (Other Service Providers) Robin Blair Lending
Attucks Asset Management (Other Service Providers) Sinclair Nagy Distressed,Lending,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Credit-Real Estate
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Barings - Jonathan Hammill
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Dave LaBrie Natural Resource,Energy,Infrastructure
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Elizabeth Hartnett Buyout,Growth Equity
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Florentina Furtuna Infrastructure,Growth Equity,Energy,Buyout
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity J.R. Keeve Special Situations-Private Equity,Buyout
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Kartik Natarajan Infrastructure,Growth Equity,Buyout
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Luis Sued Growth Equity,Buyout
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Mady Florez Infrastructure,Growth Equity,Buyout
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Patrick O'Hara Infrastructure
Barings Diversified Alternative Equity Vayun Agrawal Infrastructure,Growth Equity,Buyout
Blackstone (Fund of Funds) Linda Luu Relative Value,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds,Distressed,Lending
Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC Michael Wieden Special Situations-Private Equity,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Real Estate,Credit-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Value-add,Core
Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC Robert Byron
Bolthouse investments Anders Davidson Special Situations-Real Estate,Core,Buyout,Growth Equity,Special Situations-Private Equity,Opportunistic,Distressed,Lending,Mid Cap,Small Cap,Large Cap,Long Only Fixed Income,Value-add,Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds
Borealis Strategic Capital Partners Patrick Relative Value,Global Macro,Digital Assets,Event Driven,Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds,Lending
CalPERS Michael Silva  
CALSTRS LaShae Badelita
CDPQ CDPQ - Alexis Boutin  
CDPQ CDPQ - Diego Dubois Large Cap,Event Driven,Long/Short
CDPQ CDPQ - Guillaume Paquette  
CDPQ CDPQ - Tarek Nadeau Lending,Credit-Real Estate,Distressed
CDPQ Julie Prevost  
Cloverlay Partners Katelyn Maher Distressed,Lending,Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Energy,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Comptroller Nyc (Public Pensions) Janet Londono-Valle  
CPP Investments Janna Wang
CPP Investments Jin Zhao Long/Short,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Global Macro
CPP Investments Richard Macklem
Crewcial Angela Matheny  
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Anthony Curtiss Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Courtney Dunn Credit-Hedge Funds
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) David Veal Small Cap,Large Cap,Long/Short,Energy,Credit-Hedge Funds,Growth Equity
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Ellen  
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Keith Lyons
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Kenneth McDowell Special Situations-Real Estate
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Lanesia Jones
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Michael McCrary Long/Short
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Michael Miller Infrastructure
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Michael Yuan Large Cap,Small Cap,Mid Cap
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Mitch Holtz Growth Equity,Buyout
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Pablo de la Sierra Perez Infrastructure
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Panayiotis Lambropoulos Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Event Driven
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Ricardo Lyra Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Richard Inzunza Distressed,Lending
Employees Retirement System of Texas (Public Pensions) Rod June  
Flagstar Basant Kedia
Fortune (Other Service Providers) Alexandra  
Gates Capital Partners Jina Kim Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Gates Capital Partners Sean Carroll  
Gatewood Capital Partners Ami Samuels Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Gatewood Capital Partners Michelle Jacobi Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Gatewood Capital Partners Robert Zassman Growth Equity,Buyout,Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Alex Cohn Growth Equity,Buyout,Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Danielle Even Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
GCM Grosvenor David Santola Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
GCM Grosvenor Elizabeth Browne Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Ermias Nessibu Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
GCM Grosvenor Gavin Gross Buyout,Venture Capital,Growth Equity
GCM Grosvenor Jazmine Reynolds Venture Capital
GCM Grosvenor Kate Pollan Lending,Distressed,Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Katherine Joyce Long/Short,Event Driven
GCM Grosvenor Kevin Nickelberry Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Kevin Pellecchia Infrastructure
GCM Grosvenor Maggie Szabo Long/Short
GCM Grosvenor Matthew Nguyen Special Situations-Private Equity
GCM Grosvenor Peter Mullen Core,Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic
GCM Grosvenor Rohan Warriar Credit-Hedge Funds
GCM Grosvenor Thomas Walsh Credit-Hedge Funds
GCM Grosvenor Tom Thomas Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
Hamilton Lane Jackie Dash Credit-Real Estate,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
Hamilton Lane Sabeen Jameeli Special Situations-Real Estate,Value-add,Opportunistic,Credit-Real Estate,Core
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund- IMRF (Public pensions) Rosa Perez
ILTRS Andre Hester  
ILTRS Ann Stone Core,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Distressed,Lending,Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Buyout,Energy,Opportunistic,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Credit-Real Estate
ILTRS Jose Gonzalez Core,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Distressed,Buyout,Lending,Value-add,Opportunistic
Irvine Foundation Melissa Lopez
Jefferies Grace Qiu  
JP Morgan Shruti Suresh
LAFPP (Public Pensions) Susan Liem  
Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC Carolyn Diaz Roberts Long Only Fixed Income,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC Diallo Johnson Large Cap,Natural Resource,Managed Futures,Small Cap,Global Macro
Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC Tony Lee Long Only Fixed Income,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Legato Capital Management, LLC (Fund of Funds) Aaron Paule  
Legato Capital Management, LLC (Fund of Funds) Legato Capital Management, LLC (Fund of Funds) - Whitney Shafer
LIG Capital (Other Limited Partner) Cathy  
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Faina Kashtelyan Small Cap,Mid Cap
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Jack Wheatley Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long/Short
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Jonathan Blichar Infrastructure
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Kevin Slack Long Only Fixed Income,Distressed,Lending
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Larry Katsafanas Large Cap,Small Cap,Mid Cap
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Michael Klos Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Michael McCord Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Public Pensions) Stephen Reilly Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Core
MPowered Capital (Seeder) Chrissie Pariso Special Situations-Real Estate,Venture Capital,Value-add,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
MPowered Capital (Seeder) Jin Winston Special Situations-Real Estate,Value-add,Opportunistic,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Muller & Monroe Asset Management (Fund of Funds) Lauren Drach Growth Equity,Buyout
Nasdaq eVestment Christian Gordan  
Nasdaq eVestment Dan Burnett
Nasdaq eVestment Jarren Ware  
Nasdaq eVestment Katie Polk
Nasdaq eVestment Mary Kate Swanson  
Nasdaq eVestment Nora Duemmler
NEPC DeAnna Jones  
New Jersey Division of Investment Chris Goodman Venture Capital,Growth Equity,Buyout
New Jersey Division of Investment Dana Johns Venture Capital,Growth Equity,Buyout
New Jersey Division of Investment Guy Piserchia Venture Capital,Growth Equity,Buyout
New Jersey Division of Investment Lisa Walker  
New Jersey Division of Investment Rob Colton Growth Equity,Buyout,Venture Capital
New Jersey Division of Investment Tanner Doverspike Venture Capital,Growth Equity,Buyout
New York State Common Retirement Fund Sly Small Cap,Lending,Infrastructure,Value-add,Opportunistic,Core,Growth Equity,Buyout
New York State Teachers' Retirement System (Public Pensions) marita Agular  
Northern Trust Multi-Manager Solutions group. Jake Alves Teixeira Growth Equity,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Northern Trust Multi-Manager Solutions group. Steve Indiveri  
Pacific Current Group (Other Limited Partner) Curtis Yasutake Credit-Hedge Funds,Core,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Small Cap,Buyout,Credit-Real Estate,Alternative Risk Premia,Distressed,Lending,Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Energy,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Opportunistic
Pacific Current Group (Other Limited Partner) Paul Greenwood Opportunistic,Credit-Hedge Funds,Core,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout,Small Cap,Credit-Real Estate,Alternative Risk Premia,Distressed,Lending,Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Energy,Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate
Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System (Public Pensions) Carl Lantz
Pension Boards-United Church (Private Pension) Minoti Dhanaraj  
Preserver partners (Other Service Providers) Clove Lace
Prince Capital Alexandra Wah  
Prudential (Insurance) Chester Liu
Prudential (Insurance) Chris Vaccaro  
Prudential (Insurance) Marcus Pescinski Buyout,Infrastructure,Distressed,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity
Prudential (Insurance) Matthew Oppenheim Venture Capital
Prudential (Insurance) Prudential (Insurance) - Chris Vaccaro
Prudential (Insurance) Prudential (Insurance) - Sunny Wang Infrastructure,Lending,Distressed,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Prudential (Insurance) Sunny Wang Infrastructure,Lending,Distressed,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Prudential (Insurance) Tyler Nortillo  
Quatrro Business Support Services (Other Service Providers) Marina Ahn-Fuller
Rede-Partners (Other Service Providers) Val Ivanson  
RockCreek Anda Bordean Mid Cap,Large Cap,Event Driven,Long/Short
RockCreek Daniel Rubino Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Alternative Risk Premia
RockCreek Garon Jones Small Cap,Event Driven,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Long/Short,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Digital Assets,Long Only Fixed Income
RockCreek Jack Hickman Lending,Credit-Real Estate,Long Only Fixed Income,Distressed,Credit-Hedge Funds
RockCreek Johnny Read Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Energy,Special Situations-Private Equity
RockCreek Ken LaPlace Mid Cap,Large Cap,Small Cap,Long/Short
RockCreek Matt Bullough Credit-Real Estate,Lending,Distressed
RockCreek Megan Frederiksen  
RockCreek Neena Raj  
RockCreek Peter Cline Growth Equity,Buyout,Special Situations-Private Equity,Venture Capital
RockCreek Theresa Nardone Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Long/Short
RockCreek Yan Wang Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Long/Short
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Alex Rotenberger Relative Value,Infrastructure,Credit-Hedge Funds,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Ashley Gam Relative Value,Infrastructure,Credit-Hedge Funds,Venture Capital,Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
Sandy Li Executive Coaching Sandy Li
SEN Family Office (Other Limited Partner) Mitra Sen  
Siguler Guff & Company Bibhusha Dangol Buyout,Special Situations-Private Equity
Sinefine (Fund of Funds) Tony Meadows Venture Capital,Growth Equity
Stable (Seeders) Maura Danko
Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) Brian Digney  
Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) Marissa Goodier
Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) Thomas Deinet  
Steward Asset Management (Fund of Funds) Adriana Kassel-Hoffman
Steward Asset Management (Fund of Funds) Christine Egan  
Steward Asset Management (Fund of Funds) Sheryl Mejia Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
The Observatory Jeffrey Chin Alternative Risk Premia,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Managed Futures,Long/Short
The Observatory Lou Haym Energy,Mid Cap,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Small Cap,Managed Futures,Relative Value,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long/Short,Digital Assets,Credit-Hedge Funds,Alternative Risk Premia,Natural Resource
Titan Advisors Frank Stone  
Titan Advisors Tommy Krupa
TPG NEXT Marcus Lawrence Lending,Venture Capital,Growth Equity,Buyout
Trean group (Seeders) Steve kosanovich Digital Assets,Managed Futures,Long/Short
TRS of Texas Brad Gilbert  
TRS of Texas Brendan Cooper Value-add,Opportunistic,Credit-Real Estate,Special Situations-Real Estate,Core
TRS of Texas Drew Gambrell Large Cap,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Event Driven,Global Macro,Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds,Relative Value,Small Cap,Mid Cap
TRS of Texas Elliott Fry Core,Special Situations-Real Estate,Value-add,Opportunistic,Credit-Real Estate
TRS of Texas George Zhang Infrastructure,Growth Equity,Value-add,Core,Credit-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Special Situations-Real Estate,Venture Capital
TRS of Texas Hunter Coleman Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Energy
TRS of Texas Joel Hinkhouse Large Cap,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Global Macro,Credit-Hedge Funds
TRS of Texas John Hall Long Only Fixed Income,Large Cap,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Relative Value,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Long/Short,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds,Alternative Risk Premia
TRS of Texas Kaitlin Miles Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout
TRS of Texas kirk sims Value-add,Special Situations-Real Estate,Credit-Real Estate,Opportunistic,Large Cap,Special Situations-Private Equity,Mid Cap,Growth Equity,Buyout,Small Cap,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long/Short,Credit-Hedge Funds,Energy,Infrastructure,Natural Resource
TRS of Texas Luke Luttrell Core,Opportunistic,Special Situations-Real Estate
TRS of Texas Lulu Llano Large Cap,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Event Driven,Long/Short,Small Cap,Mid Cap
TRS of Texas McKenna Phillips Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Long/Short,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds,Alternative Risk Premia,Long Only Fixed Income,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Relative Value
TRS of Texas MIk MM
TRS of Texas Mindu Dasanayake Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Global Macro,Relative Value,Event Driven,Long/Short,Digital Assets
TRS of Texas Neil Randall Growth Equity,Buyout,Special Situations-Private Equity
TRS of Texas Sam Givray Special Situations-Real Estate,Credit-Real Estate,Core
TRS of Texas Sibei Wen Long Only Fixed Income,Large Cap,Small Cap,Relative Value,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Global Macro,Managed Futures,Long/Short,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds,Alternative Risk Premia,Mid Cap
TRS of Texas Tommy Heitz Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Digital Assets,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Relative Value,Managed Futures,Global Macro,Long/Short,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds,Alternative Risk Premia
TTSTC Anca Lon
US Department of the Treasury 0  
Vanderbilt Office of Investments MK Kang Relative Value,Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap,Credit-Hedge Funds,Multi-Strat Options, Quant,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long Only Fixed Income,Long/Short
Vanderbilt Office of Investments Nichole  
Vanderbilt Office of Investments Steven Xu Mid Cap,Large Cap,Small Cap,Relative Value,Global Macro,Event Driven,Long/Short,Long Only Fixed Income
Vanderbilt Office of Investments Zane Sun  
Verus investments Colleen Flannery Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Verus investments Eileen Neill  
Verus investments Kyle Jangard Long Only Fixed Income
Verus investments Marianne Feeley Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Verus investments Paul Kreiselmaier Managed Futures,Relative Value,Global Macro,Event Driven,Credit-Hedge Funds
Verus investments Philip Schmitt Long Only Fixed Income,Core
Verus investments Sneha Pendyala Small Cap,Mid Cap,Large Cap
Verus investments Stephen Reller  
Verus investments Trevor Parmelee Alternative Risk Premia,Credit-Hedge Funds
Walter GAM Charles Lemay Special Situations-Private Equity,Growth Equity,Buyout,Distressed,Natural Resource,Infrastructure,Credit-Hedge Funds

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