Leadership. Responsibility. Growth. Sustainability.

Program in partnership with the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) Foundation

Celebrating 10 Years of Empowering Public Finance Leaders | July 20–23, 2025 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA

Celebrating 10 Years of Empowering Public Finance Leaders | July 20–23, 2025 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA

The Investments and Pensions track is overseen by both its Advisory Board and Investor Advisory Board.

Investor Advisory Board Members

Christopher Ailman, Chief Investment Officer
California State Teachers’ Retirement System
T.J. Carlson, Chief Investment Officer
Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
Carina Coleman, Chief Investment Officer
SDCERS
Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association
Shoaib Khan, Director and CIO
New Jersey Division of Investment
Bryan Lewis, Chief Investment Officer
U.S. Steel
Andrew Palmer, Chief Investment Officer
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
R. Stanley Rupnik, Chief Investment Officer
Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois
Andrew Sawyer, Former Chief Investment Officer
Maine Public Employees Retirement System
Kevin SigRist, Chief Investment Officer
Saudi Aramco
John D. Skjervem, Chief Investment Officer
Utah Retirement Systems
Tom Tull, Former Chief Investment Officer
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Melissa Waller, President
AIF Global and the AIF Institute
Karyn Williams, Chief Investment Officer, North America
Zurich Global Investment Management
Jeremy Wolfson, Chief Investment Officer
Los Angeles Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan

Advisory Board Members

400 Capital
Acore Capital Partners
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Apollo
Aristotle
CBRE Global Investors
Coinbase
Franklin Templeton
GCM Grosvenor
J.P. Morgan
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management
LongTail Alpha
Man Varagon
Morgan Stanley
Natixis
PGIM
PSG Equity
Torchlight Investors
UBS
Wave Digital Assets