Kelly Williams*
CEO
The Williams Legacy Foundation
Kate Mitchell*
Co-Founder & Partner
Scale Venture Partners
Krista Hatcher*
Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders
Dana Johns*
Senior Portfolio Manager – Private Equity
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
Jill Kitazaki*
President
Denning & Company
Joanne Yoo*
Managing Director
Development Partners International (DPI)
Iris Zhao-Fiorello*
Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions
Castleforge Partners
Sarah Corr*
Managing Investment Director
CalPERS
*Executive Committee Member
OFFICERS
Kelly Williams
Chair
Kate Mitchell
Vice Chair
Krista Hatcher
Co-CEO
Dana Johns
Co-CEO
Jill Kitazaki
Co-President
Joanne Yoo
Co-President
Iris Zhao-Fiorello
Secretary
Sarah Corr
Treasurer
Meghna Desai
Assistant Treasurer
GLOBAL EVENTS COORDINATORS
Jeri J. Harman
Founder & Chairman
Avante Capital Partners
Carol B. Womanck
Principal-Private Equity
Diversified Trust
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRS
Sylvia Owens
Managing Director
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management
Joanne Yoo
Managing Director
DPI
FINANCE CHAIRS
Sarah Bernstein
Principal, Consultant
Meketa Investment Group
Holly Holtz
Managing Director
Shinrun Advisors
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRS
Eileen Mancera
Managing Director
Post Advisory Group
Elizabeth (Scottie) Wardell
Managing Partner
Integrity Growth Partners
STEERING COMMITTEE
Runa Alam
Co-Founder and CEO
DPI
Alisa Amarosa Wood
Partner
KKR
Sarah Bernstein
Principal, Consultant
Meketa Investment Group
Judy Chambers
Managing Principal
Meketa Investment Group
Sarah Corr
Senior Portfolio Manager
CalPERS
Michele Cucullu
Director Private Equity
Bayshore Global Management
Paige Daly
Managing Director
Harvest Partners
Meghna Desai
Director
NewYork-Presbyterian Office of Investments
Daphne Dufresne
Managing Partner
GeNnX360
Sarah Favaro
Director of Investments
Sawdust Investments Management Corp.
Renae Griffin
Executive Director
GCM Grosvenor
Jeri Harman
Founder & Chairman
Avante Capital Partners
Ana Maria Harrison
Partner
Adams Street Partners
Yuka Hata
Managing Director, Head of Fund Investments
Japan Investment Corporation
Krista Hatcher
Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders
Holly Holtz
Managing Director
Shinrun Advisors
Vicki Hui
Managing Director, Fund Operations & IR
CITIC Capital Holdings Limited
Dana Johns
Senior Portfolio Manager
Maryland State Retirement Agency
Shar Kassam
Executive Director
AIF Global Institute
Alison Killilea
Managing Director
W Capital Partners
Jill Kitazaki
President
Denning & Company
Andrea Kramer
Managing Director
Hamilton Lane
Nina Lesavoy
Founder and Managing Director
Avec Capital
Kim Lew
Chief Investment Officer
Carnegie Corporation
Miranda Lindl O’Connell
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Shirley Ma
Senior Portfolio Manager
APG Asset Management
Eileen Mancera
Managing Director
Post Advisory Group
Hemal Mirani
Managing Director
HarbourVest
Kate Mitchell
Co-Founder
Scale Ventures
Adele Oliva
Partner
1315 Capital
Sylvia Owens
Managing Director
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management
Lisa Pattis
President
Next Chapter Holdings
Georganne Perkins
Founder and Senior Advisor
GFP Capital
Meghan Reynolds
Partner
Jazz Venture Partners
Norice Rice
Principal
The Yucaipa Companies
Laura Sachar
General Partner and Founder
StarVest Partners
Sarah Samuels
Partner
NEPC
Miriam Schmitter
Director
Commonfund
Roselyn Spencer
Founder, CEO
Cedar Pension Consulting ,LLC
Chloe Taysom
Investment Director
Oxford University Endowment Management
Sophia Tsai
Managing Director
Trinity Wall Street
Scottie Wardell
Senior Advisor
Integrity Growth Partners
Kelly Williams
CEO
The Williams Legacy Foundation
Kimberly Woods
Assistant to CIO for Investments, Compliance & Risk Management
DC Retirement Board
Carol Womack
Principal, Private Equity
Diversified Trust
Joanne Yoo
Managing Director
DPI
Suzanne Yoon
Managing Partner
Kinzie Capital Partners
Iris Zhao-Fiorello
Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions
Castleforge Partners
REGIONAL EVENT COMMITTEES
New York
Alison Killilea
Managing Director
W Capital Partners
Anna Dayn
Partner
Dayn Advisors
Caryn Feinberg
Managing Director
Probitas Patrners
Taylor Lawrence
Managing Director
Everstone Capital
Lisa Lee
Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners
Susan Soh
Chief of Strategy and Capital Development
Sightway Capital
West Coast
Nicole Belytschko
Managing Director
CM Capital Advisors
Kate Mitchell
Partner
Scale Ventures
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 and Company, LLC
Eileen Mancera
Senior Managing Director
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
Georganne Perkins
Founder and Senior Advisor
GFP Solutions
Norice Rice
Principal
The Yucaipa Companies
Jennifer Urdan
Retired
Europe
Ana Maria Harrison
Partner
Adams Street Partners
Miriam Schmitter
Director
Commonfund
Chloe Taysom
Associate Director
Oxford University Endowment Management
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
Managing Director
Hamilton Lane (UK) Ltd
Beate Pelz
Private Equity Professional
Joanne Yoo
Managing Director
DPI
Texas
Shar Kassam
Executive Director
AIF Global Institute
Marianne Dwight
Senior Partner
Michael Best
Kathryn Gernert
Portfolio Manager
Texas Permanent School Fund
Midwest
Suzanne Yoon
Managing Partner
Kinzie Capital Partners
Lisa Pattis
President
Next Chapter Holdings, LP
Tanya Burnell
Director, Corporate Development
CC Industries, Inc.
Sarah Favaro
Director of Investments
Sawdust Investment Management Corp
Krista Hatcher
Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders
Melissa Richlen
Manager, Private Equity
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Sarah Wuellner
Partner
Promus Equity Partners, LLC
Stephanie Szymanski
Director of Investments
Gore Creek Asset Management
Africa
Runa Alam
Co-Founder and CEO
DPI
Joanne Yoo
Managing Director
DPI
Asia
Yuka Hata
Managing Director
Japan Investment Corporation
Vicki Hui
Managing Director, Fund Operations and IR
CITIC Capital Holdings Limited
Shirley Ma
Senior Portfolio Manager
APG Asset Management
Hemal Mirani
Managing Director
Harbour Vest
Iris Zhao-Fiorello
Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions
Castleforge Partners
Mid-Atlantic/Washington DC
Aubrey Hruby
Founder/Managing Partner
Africa Expert Network
Dana Stewart Johns
Senior Portfolio Manager
Maryland State Retirement Agency
Bailey DeVries
Director
Greenspring Associates
Julia Taxin
General Partner
Grotech Ventures
Boston
Sarah Samuels
Partner
NEPC
Geraldine Alias
Portfolio Manager
Choate Investment Advisors
Canada
Jennifer Morais
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Acuity Partners
Julie Gray
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Acuity Partners
Twin Cities
Gina Lee Peyton
Partner, Head of Capital Formation
Castlelake
Jen Wilson
Senior Managing Director
Thrivent Financial