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Mark Koschik is a Senior Portfolio Manager with Exelon Corporation. In his current role Mark is responsible for the hedge fund investments for Exelon’s Investment Office which oversees approximately $35B in Pension, VEBA, Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Employee Savings Plan Assets. Prior to joining Exelon in November 2010, Mark was a research analyst for Mesirow Advanced Strategies, focusing on credit and equity strategies for the firm’s Fund of Hedge Funds. He previously also was with Credit Suisse Securities in their fixed income sales group. Mark received an M.B.A from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS Finance From Miami University. Mark is also a CFA Charterholder.

Chuck is a Consultant at Ellwood and joined in 2006. He currently leads the Direct Hedge Fund Research team and consults to corporate retirement, endowment, foundation, healthcare, and high-net-worth clients. Prior to working as a Consultant, he worked as a Senior Research Analyst at Ellwood. Chuck holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago. Chuck received his BS from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Tristan Thomas is Director of Portfolio Strategy for 50 South Capital’s Hedge Fund Investment Team, responsible for portfolio construction and monitoring and a member of the team’s Senior Investment Committee. Prior to joining 50 South Capital, he was a Strategy Head at Mesirow Advanced Strategies and a member of the Senior Investment Group. He was responsible for the monitoring and sourcing of all strategies that fell outside of credit and equity including macro, commodities, relative value, multi-strategy, volatility, convertible arbitrage and reinsurance. Prior to his role as a Strategy Head, he was a Senior Analyst covering all hedge fund strategies in Asia. He began his career at Lehman Brothers where he was on the emerging markets fixed income desk focused on sovereign debt and derivatives. Mr. Thomas received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in political science and international relations and holds a Masters in Business Administration from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute. He also holds his series 7 and 63 licenses.