| Q. |
Have you found any good alternative investments? |
| A. |
Yes. We are in the process of launching a fund that
seeds emerging hedge fund managers. Earlier this summer,
we created a private equity and a real estate fund of
funds. Our private equity partnership has a large allocation
to Linsalata Capital, a Cleveland based middle market
buyout fund.
In general, our alternative investments have performed
well. Right now is a great time for private equity
and real estate realizations, but it is a more difficult
time for some of our hedge fund strategies. This is
why we try to have steady allocations across private
equity, real estate and hedge funds. It's difficult
to predict from one year to the next what alternative
investment will outperform.
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| Q. |
Where do you want to go with your career? |
| A. |
I love working in the alternative investments space.
I would love to continue to work across the different
asset classes and to assume more of a chief investment
officer role over time.
|
| Q. |
Do you have any hobbies, or do you work all the time? |
| A. |
My hobbies may be ending soon, because I am six months
pregnant, and I'm not sure what the future holds as far
as free time. But, apart from that, I love to play squash,
sail and ski. I would love to start playing more squash.
I played squash in college but I wasn't top of the ladder
and haven't played for a while. I also enjoy walking
our dog and hanging out with my "little sister" through
the Big Sister / Little Sister program. |
| Q. |
Why did you join HBS-NEO? |
| A. |
I saw it as an opportunity to reconnect with old classmates
and become more engaged in the Cleveland community
by meeting alumni.
|
| Q. |
What do you think HBS-NEO does well? What can it
do better? |
| |
I'd love to see the club mobilize more of its alumni
base. I know it has received strong support over the
years, but I'd really like to see it engage more with
people that are my year and younger because I don't see
many of them at events. |
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