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Connor Browne is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. Connor joined the firm in 2001 as an associate portfolio manager and was promoted to portfolio ­manager in 2006. Connor graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in economics and a certificate in finance. He is a CFA charterholder

Razmig Der-Tavitian joined HighMark in 2015 and is responsible for manager due diligence and monitoring. Prior to joining HighMark, Razmig was with Wilshire Associates covering hedge funds and liquid alternatives. Prior to Wilshire he led Event Driven and Long-Short Equity manager research for Dorchester Capital Advisors, a hedge fund of funds. Razmig earned a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations

Allen Kim is currently the Director of Manager Research and Investment Solutions of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. He has approximately 19 years of experience in the investment management industry. Before joining Kayne Anderson Rudnick in 2014, Allen was Director of Investment Manager Due Diligence for Genworth Financial Asset Management where he lead the due diligence team. He also spent 10 years of his career at ING working in a variety of roles among which was the Investment Research Director. He graduated from The George Washington University and earned his M.B.A. in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University. Allen has the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA) and is a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles.

Mr. Korngiebel is the lead portfolio manager on all Boston Partners Emerging Markets strategies, including Boston Partners Emerging Markets Equity and Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity. He also serves as a supporting member of the greater Global Equity team, providing input on idea generation for various international and global portfolios. Mr. Korngiebel joined the firm from Deccan Value Advisors, which he co-founded, and prior to that he worked at Brandes Investment Partners. Both firms are dedicated to global value investing. Mr. Korngiebel holds a B.A. from Bowdoin (Phi Beta Kappa), M.A. degrees from Harvard and St. Johns College, and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern (Beta Gamma Sigma). He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and has eighteen years of investment experience.

Jason Steuerwalt joined Litman Gregory in 2013 and became a Principal in 2019. His primary responsibilities include selecting and monitoring investment managers, with a focus on alternatives and the Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund. He is also Co-Portfolio Manager of the Litman Gregory Masters High Income Alternatives Fund. Jason’s analysis appears regularly on Advisor Intelligence. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Prior to joining Litman Gregory, Jason was a Vice President with Hall Capital Partners, focusing on absolute return hedge funds and opportunistic/private credit strategies. Jason is a graduate of Brown University (BA – Economics).

Lori Whiting is an investment director in Wellington Alternative Investments (WAI). WAI oversees certain Wellington-managed fund vehicles that pursue alternative investment strategies. The WAI team serves as fund sponsor for several alternative funds, overseeing fund governance, product development, marketing, operations, and servicing fund investors. Lori works closely with investment teams to help ensure the integrity of their investment approaches and represents the funds both internally and externally. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2010, Lori worked as a product manager at PIMCO, where she was responsible for the firm’s emerging markets and diversified income businesses globally and across distribution channels (2003 – 2008). Before that, she held positions in structured products and fixed income sales at Goldman Sachs (1999 – 2000) and Merrill Lynch (1996 – 1999). Lori earned her MBA from UCLA (Anderson School of Management, 2003) and her bachelor of commerce from the University of British Columbia (1996). Additionally, she holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston