Who do you believe represents the best in the industry, leaders with
credibility, intellectual rigor, and integrity? Make your voice heard!
Learn about all our finalists.
Endowment/Foundation CIO of the Year
- Brooke Jones – Chief Investment Officer, Bryn Mawr College
- Anne Martin – Chief Investment Officer, Wesleyan University
- Ken Miranda – Chief Investment Officer, Cornell University
- Dave Morehead – Chief Investment Officer, Baylor University
- Jainen (JT) Thayer – Chief Investment Officer, Grinnell College
Health Care System CIO of the Year
- Anne Dinneen – Chief Investment Officer, New York–Presbyterian Hospital
- Fred Greear – Chief Investment Officer, Carilion Clinic
- Kathleen Jacobs – Chief Investment Officer, RWJBarnabas Health
- Stan Ra – Chief Investment Officer, Seattle Children’s
- Philip Rotner – Chief Investment Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital
Public Pension CIO of the Year
- Andy Greene – Chief Investment Officer, Toronto Transit Commission Pension Plan
- Jason Malinowski – Chief Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System
- Timothy Reese – CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System
- David Veal – Chief Investment Officer, Employees Retirement System of Texas
Insurance CIO of the Year
- Joseph Eppers – Chief Investment Officer, Selective Insurance
- Glen Gardner – Chief Investment Officer, Equitable
- Waymond Harris – Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Corporate Pension Plan CIO of the Year
- Harshal Chaudhari – President and Chief Investment Officer, GE Investment Management
- Mohamed Jalajel – Director of Pension Investments, Pfizer
Family Office Investor of the Year
- McCall Cravens – Chief Investment Officer, Heinz Family Office
- Bei Saville – Chief Investment Officer, Treasury, Fingerboard Family Office
2025 Allocator Lifetime Achievement Award
Institutional Investor honors Timothy Schmidt, CIO of Prudential Financial, with the 2025 Allocator Lifetime Achievement Award for his four decades of leadership and expertise in managing assets and originating investments for insurance portfolios. Schmidt is the first insurance CIO to receive II’s award.
Read More: Prudential’s Tim Schmidt Wins the 2025 Allocator Lifetime Achievement Award
2025 Hedge Fund Lifetime Achievement Award
Dmitry Balyasny, managing partner and chief investment officer of Balyasny Asset Management, is Institutional Investor’s 2025 Hedge Fund Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
Balyasny is the 21st recipient of the II award and joins an esteemed group that includes, among others, Cliff Asness, founder of AQR Capital Management, Paul Singer founder of Elliott Management Corp, and David Shaw, founder of D.E. Shaw.
In 2001, Balyasny co-founded the global multistrategy firm, which has grown to $25 billion in assets and 2,000 people across 23 offices globally.
Read More: II Honors Dmitry Balyasny With the 2025 Hedge Fund Lifetime Achievement Award
Join us in honoring these recipients of our Rising Stars award that represent the bright future of our industry.
2025 Hedge Fund Rising Stars
- Agata Dornan, Chepstow Lane Capital
- Kate Fisher Baumann, Empyrean Capital Partners
- Farid Guindo, Drill Capital Management
- Dan McMurtrie, Tyro Partners
- Malachi Price, Coatue Management
- Dan Rasmussen, Verdad Advisers
- Hussein Sacoor, Tekne Capital Management
- Steve Secundo, Bridgewater Associates
- Matthew Sharp, Viking Global Investors
- Clark Tang, Altimeter Capital Management
Read more about these exceptional investment professionals:
The 2025 Hedge Fund Rising Stars, Part I
The 2025 Hedge Fund Rising Stars, Part II
Allocator Rising Stars
- Marina Balobanova, CalPERS
- Kiran Patel, KrisDan Management
- Allen Huang, CAIA, Michigan State University
- Brenna Noble, CFA, Public School and Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
- Corey Beck Walker, CFA, CAIA, Smith College
- Ryan Erickson, Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- Kirk Wolff, CFA, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
- George Zhang., Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Cynthia Hardy Maasry, Trinity Church NYC
- Kevin Urban, CFA, Villanova University
- Joyce Zhang, CFA,CAIA, The Wallace Foundation
- Kalib Simpson, Wyoming State Treasurer’s Office
Read more about these future CIOs
Looking for more information? please contact our team.
Archana Kapur
Executive Director, Head of Investor Relations, North America
akapur@institutionalinvestor.com
Julia Kufman Levit
Senior Director, Investor Relations
julia.kufman@institutionalinvestor.com
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