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Dean is a Chief Investment Officer at CA Capital Management, Cambridge Associates’ outsourced investment office. In his role as Chief Investment Officer, Dean constructs and manages portfolios for nonprofit institutions and families globally. Typically these clients have significant exposure to alternative assets. In addition to managing client portfolios, Dean and his team allocate a meaningful part of their time on manager research, sourcing and evaluating new managers across all asset classes for our clients’ portfolios. Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2004, Dean worked as an investment banking summer associate with Goldman Sachs in London while attending business school. Previously he worked as an Associate Director for four years at EFG Telesis Finance, a leading investment bank in Greece. In this role, he advised large corporate clients on a wide range of corporate finance transactions. Education CFA Charterholder MBA, Harvard Business School BS in Business Administration, American College of Greece (Deree College)

Sean joined NEPC in March 2000, with his investment experience beginning in 1998. Sean oversees our alternative assets group and works with all aspects relating to the alternative asset investment class. He works with all types of clients in designing alternative asset class investment policy guidelines, portfolio structuring, plan implementation, manager selection, and performance measurement and monitoring. Sean is a member of the firm’s Alternative Asset Investment, Partners Research and Partners Executive Committees. Prior to joining NEPC, Sean worked as an associate at M.B.G. Associates, a human resources consulting firm, where he researched and analyzed employment law issues. While in law school, Sean worked for the Cook County State's Attorney Office, where he helped prepare felony prosecutions. Additionally, while pursuing his legal studies, he served as a floor clerk at the Chicago Board of Trade for Refco. Earlier, Sean worked for Smith Barney Shearson where he prepared quarterly portfolio reviews for dozens of high net worth and pension fund clients. Sean received his J.D. in Corporate Law from Loyola University of Chicago, his M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from the University of Notre Dame and his B.S.F.S. in International Economics from Georgetown University. He has been admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. He also became an inaugural Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designee in 2003, and is a CFA charter holder.

Nicholas A. Warren joined the Office of Investments at Brandeis University in January 2011. Nicholas was previously a managing director with Cambridge Associates, having joined in 2003. Prior to that he worked as an investment analyst at Northwestern University's Investment Office. Nicholas received a B.A. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1996 and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 2003. He became a CFA® charterholder in 2000. Nicholas serves on the board of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.