October 10 - 12, 2007
Hyatt Regency, Boston, Massachusetts
AGENDA (as of 9-20-2007)
Participants Include:

Executive Director, Alabama-West Florida United Methodist Foundation
Director of Public Relations and Development, Adams-Hanover Counseling Services, Inc. (United Way of York County)
Chairman of the Investment Committee, Allegheny College
Coordinator of Budgets, Alcorn State University
Trustee, The Andrew and Bonnie Weiss Foundation
Vice President/Treasurer, Ball State University Foundation
Chief Financial Officer, Baltimore Community Foundation
Finance Associate, Baltimore Community Foundation
Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance/Treasurer, Berklee College of Music
Managing Director, Beryl Consulting
Quantiative Analyst, Beryl Consulting
Vice President, Finance and CFO, BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON
 Chief Investment Officer, The Boston Foundation
Chief Financial Officer, Boston Architectural College
Managing Director and Sr. Institutional Consultant, Bott & Associates of Wachovia Securities
Associate Vice President-Investments, Bott & Associates Investment Consulting Group of Wachovia Securities
2 Executive Director-Chief Operating Officers, Brunswick Community College Foundation, Inc.
President, Brunswick Community College Foundation, Inc.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Director, Cabot Family Charitable Trust
CIO, Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Staff Accountant, Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Office Manager, Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Controller, Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Assistant Vice Chancellor - Financial Services, California State University
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
Director, Cambridge Associates
VP of Finance, Cameron University
Managing Director, Canterbury Consulting
Executive Director, The Cedar Tree Foundation
Director of Administration and Finance, The Cedar Tree Foundation
Chairman, Investment Committee , China Medical Board
Director, Clontarf Capital
Senior Consultant, Colonial Consulting, LLC
Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Investment
Management Company
Director, COMMONFUND REALTY, INC.
Managing Director, COMMONFUND REALTY, INC.
Director of Finance & Administration, Coram Family
President, DAHAB ASSOCIATES
Director, Foudation Outreach, DBL Foundation
Treasurer, Diocese of Rockville Centre
Vice President Finance & Chief Investment Officer, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Inc.
CIO, Elizabethtown College
Director of Endowments and Foundations, Ellwood Associates
Senior Consultant, Evaluation Associates
Managing Principal, Fund Evaluation Group, Inc.
Board Chairman, Gallaudet University
Executive Director, Greater Lowell Community Foundation
Senior Consultant, Hammond Associates
VP, Business Affairs & Treasurer, HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
 Director, Private Equity, Harvard Management Co. Inc./Private Equity Group
Board of Directors, Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
 Director of Finance, The Hyams Foundation
President, James Collins Foundation
VP for Finance & Admin, Le Moyne College
Director, Loma Linda University Foundation
CFO, Longwood University Foundation
Director of Finance, Longy School of Music
Assistant VP for Finance, Loyola University of Maryland
Managing Partner, MacLaren Advisors, LLC
Founding Partner, Massey, Quick & Co. LLC
Marketing Communications Manager, Meketa Investment Group
Consultant/Director, Meketa Investment Group

Senior Consultant, MERCER INVESTMENT CONSULTING
Senior Fund Officer, Meyer Memorial Trust
Executive Director, Middlesex County College
Foundation, Inc
Associate VP for Business and Finance, Morehouse College
 President and CEO, Nathan Cummings Foundation
CIO, The Nature Conservatory
Director of Finance, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
President, Newport Capital Advisors
Vice President and Treasurer, The New School
President, The New World Foundation
Assistant Treasurer, THE Ohio State University
 Director of Investments, State of Oklahoma Commisioner of Land Office
Chief Financial Officer, Old Dominion University
 Director of Private Equity Investments, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Investment Analyst, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
President, Pendergast-Weyer Foundation
Vice President, Pendergast-Weyer Foundation
5 Board Members, Pendergast-Weyer Foundation
Secretary/Board Member, Pendergast-Weyer Foundation
Chief Investment Officer, Penn State University
Assistant Treasurer, Pepperdine University
Chairman of the Board & Chairman of the Investment Committee, PHI DELTA THETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
President, PHI DELTA THETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
2 Members, Investment Committee, PHI DELTA THETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Presbyterian Homes & Services of New Jersey, Inc.
2 Managing Directors, Prime, Buchholz & Associates
Principal & Managing Director, Punter Southall & Co, LLC
Investment Consultant, Punter Southall & Co, LLC
Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller, Rhode Island College
Partner, Rocaton Advisors
Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Managing Director, Chief Research Strategist, ROGERSCASEY
Chairman, Investment Committee, Rutgers University Foundation
Senior Advisor, Saltonstall & Co.
Director of Investments, Sidney Frank Foundation
Controller, SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY
 CFO, Saint Luke's Foundation
Chief Financial Officer, San Diego Foundation
Chief Investment Officer, Stratford Advisory Group
Assistant Treasurer, Suffolk University
Executive Director, The Sustainable Endowments Institute
Investment Director, Texas A&M Foundation
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Investments & Assistant CFO, Texas Tech University
 Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Family Office
Chief Investment Strategist & Senior Managing Director, TIAA-CREF
Sr Investment Analyst, TUFTS UNIVERSITY
 Vice Treasurer, University of California
 Investment Coordinator, University of California- Los Angeles Foundation
Chief Investment Officer, University of Colorado Foundation
Asst VP for Treasury Services, The University of Connecticut Foundation
Director Foundation & Investment, Accounting, University of Idaho Foundation
Executive VP & CFO, University of Mary Washington
 VP for University Development, University of Montevallo
Treasurer, University of Oklahoma Foundation
Development Chairman, The Unquowa School
Executive Advisor, V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
Senior Consultant, WATSON WYATT INVESTMENT CONSULTING
Chief Investment Officer, Wesleyan University
Treasurer, WESTOVER SCHOOL
VP for Finance and Administration, William T Grant Foundation
CIO, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Director of Research, Wurts & Associates
Speakers Include:

Director, Marketing, Access Capital Partners
TBA, AG Asset Management LLC.
Managing Director, Atalaya Capital Management LP
Senior Vice President, Auda Hedge, LLC
Business Development Officer, Barclays Global Investors
Vice President of Institutional Sales, Calvert Institutional Funds Group
Chief Financial Officer, CAP Fund
Senior Vice President, Citigroup/SmithBarney
Ph.D.,Managing Director, Context Capital Partners
Chairman, Copell Financial
Director Transition Management, Credit Suisse
TBA, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc
Vice President, Diversified Investment Advisors Inc
Portfolio Manager, EOS Partners LP
TBA, JPMorgan
President & CEO, Ferrell Capital Management
Partner, Lakeview Investment Managers, LLC
Director of Alpha Strategies, Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.
Director, Mayercap LLC
Senior Managing Director, MB Investment Partners
Chief Equity Officer, MFC Global Investments

President, Director of Research,  Midwest Asset Management
Principal, Muirfield Capital Management
President, New Boston Real Estate Investments
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
President & CEO, Permal Capital Management 
Co-CEO, Premier Pacific Vineyards
President, Prism Capital
Director of Business Development & Investor Relations, Quantitative Financial Strategies
Managing Director, Ramirez & Company
Managing Principal, RCP ADVISORS
TBA, SG Americas Securities, LLC
Managing Partner and CIO, STRATHMORE CAPITAL
TBA, Thomas Capital Group, LLC
CEO, Timbervest
TBA, WACHOVIA
Managing Director, Wells Real Estate Funds
TBA, Wood Creek Capital Management
Head of Alternatives, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

WEDNESDAY, October 10, 2007

11:00 am

Exhibit Set-up

11:00 am

Registration

12:00 pm

Pre Conference Workshop

Speaker
Managing Director, World Gold Council

12:45 pm

Chief Investment Officer, Penn State University
 Chairman, Investment Committee, Rutgers University Foundation

1:00 pm

Director, Wachovia Securities
Director, Wachovia Securities

1:20 pm

President & CEO, Permal Capital Management

1:40 pm

Challenges facing Endowments and Foundations, past, present and future

Moderator:
Chairman, Investment Committee, Rutgers University Foundation

Panelists:
Assistant Treasurer, Ohio State University
Chief Investment Officer, Penn State University
 Asst VP for Treasury Services, The University of Connecticut Foundation
Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Texas Tech University

2:40 pm

Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions Global Equities & Derivatives Solution, SG AMERICAS
SECURITIES, LLC

3:00 pm

Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:15 pm

Manager Selection: Process and Philosophy
• How do leading endowments and foundations choose managers and what are they looking for?
• Defining and managing investment manager styles
• What are the most effective quantitative and qualitative methods for selecting managers? How can you measure skill?
• Does it matter how you choose managers?
• How to choose a manager that consistently beats the benchmarks

Moderator:
Chief Investment Officer,   University of Colorado Foundation

Panelists:
Senior Consultant, Colonial Consulting, LLC
Director, Mayercap LLC
President & Partner, Alexandra Investment Management, LLC
Principal, Muirfield Capital Management

4:15 pm

Engineering Unique Opportunities in Infrastructure
• How infrastructure is faring against other asset classes
• How to access infrastructure assets through private equity
• Does investing in infrastructure provide exceptional inflation-linked returns?
• What are the benefits of diversification in infrastructure for institutional investors?
• Investing in infrastructure directly v. indirectly…..that is the question
• Does pooling investments allow for greater spread across the asset class?
• Which sectors are expected to produce superior returns?
• Should investors be looking for global opportunities?
• Why is infrastructure still an emerging asset class in the United States ?

Moderator:
Managing Director, Chief Research Strategist, ROGERSCASEY

Panelists:
Consultant/Director, Meketa Investment Group
Managing Director, WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES, INC.

5:15 pm

Trends in Asset Allocation for Endowments and Foundations
• Developing a dynamic asset allocation model
• Strategic asset allocation
• What role do structured products play in asset allocation?
• Tactical asset allocation
• Using ETFs in TAA strategies
• The evolution of TAA to GTAA
• Dynamic Asset Allocation
• Tactical vs. strategic asset allocation
• Determining the optimal asset location

Moderator:
Director of Endowments and Foundations, Ellwood Associates

Panelists:
Managing Director and Sr. Institutional Consultant, Bott & Associates of Wachovia Securities
Managing Director, Wells Real Estate Funds
Senior Vice President, Citigroup/SmithBarney
Managing Director, MILLENIUM GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
CEO, COPELL FINANCIAL

6:15-7:15 pm

Cocktail Reception

Thursday, October 11, 2007

7:15 am

Continental Breakfast

7:45 am

Welcoming Remarks

8:00 am

Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

8:20 am

TBA, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc

8:40 am

Business Development Officer, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS

Track A

Track B

9:00 am

Real Estate & Real Assets
• Understanding developments in real estate investment & how to select a real estate manager
• Which areas are producing the greatest returns?
• Investing in real estate today and tomorrow
• Are there opportunities in international real estate, and if so how to invest?
• Effective strategies for investing in REITS
• Looking to the future with renewable energy technologies
• What are the risk-return and return prediction characteristics of real assets?
• What’s sparking all the excitement in timber?

Moderator:
Senior Consultant, Hammond Associates

Panelists:
CEO, Timbervest
Director, COMMONFUND REALTY, INC.
Chairman, Investment Committee, Allegheny College
 Co-CEO, Premier Pacific Vineyards
President, New Boston Real Estate Investments

Alpha

Moderator:
President, James Collins Foundation

Panelists:
Chief Investment Officer, Stratford Advisory Group
Director of Alpha Strategies, Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.
Managing Director, CONTEXT CAPITAL PARTNERS

10:00 am

Hedge Fund

Moderator:
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Panelists:
Head of Alternatives, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Senior Vice President, Auda Hedge, LLC
Managing Director, Atalaya Capital Management LP
 Managing Director of Business Development, ENTRUST CAPITAL

Risk

Moderator:

Founding Partner, MASSEY, QUICK & CO. LLC

Panelists:
Chief Financial Officer, CAP FUND
Managing Director, AG ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC.

11:00 am

Morning Refreshment Break

11:15 am

Are you Being Promised Alpha and Getting an Underperforming Hybrid?

Why spend on alpha strategies, when you can obtain beta strategies?

Numerous portable alpha portfolios are not achieving their returns on true alpha but by bring about new return compensated risks into the portfolio and calling it alpha.

There are many indistinct qualities in alpha & beta strategies: at times, savvy managers are able to identify beta in the market and take advantage of it more inexpensively than alpha strategy. This panel will explore the benefits of beta strategies in a world where all we seem to hear is about alpha.
• Alternative Beta Strategies
• Can we pay for alpha and beta separately?
• When is beta better than alpha?
• What is beta-based alpha?
• Which are the most attractive alternative beta strategies?

Moderator:
Chief Investment Strategist & Senior Managing Director, TIAA-CREF

Panelists:

Fixed-Income

Moderator:
Associate Chief Investment Officer, University of California

Panelists:
Co-Head of Global Leveraged Finance Strategy and Portfolio Products, Credit Suisse
TBA, Income Research & Management

12:00 pm

Private Equity

Moderator:
Managing Director, Canterbury Consulting

Panelists:
President, Prism Capital
TBA, Thomas Capital Group, LLC
Director, Marketing, Access Capital Partners
Managing Principal, RCP ADVISORS
Managing Director, EOS Partners LP

Fund of Funds

Moderator:

Managing Director, THE BERYL CONSULTING GROUP

Panelists:

CIO, WOOD CREEK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
President & CEO, FERRELL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Vice President, DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT
ADVISORS INC
Managing Partner and CIO, STRATHMORE CAPITAL

1:00 pm

Luncheon

2:15 pm

Consultant Roundtable

Moderator:
Director of Research, Wurts & Associates

Panelists:
Managing Director, Chief Research Strategist, ROGERSCASEY
Senior Consultant, Evaluation Associates
Partner, Roaction Advisors
President, DAHAB ASSOCIATES

3:15 pm

Transition Management
• The transition managements industry consensus views on best practice
• Confidentiality and choosing a transition manager
• Decisive issues for controlling risk in transitions
• Benchmarking and performance measurement
• How to achieve crossing benefits while containing information leakage
• Could transition management be a commodity
• How do transition managers add value by managing implicit costs?

Moderator:
Senior Consultant, WATSON WYATT INVESTMENT CONSULTING

Panelists:
Director Transition Management, CREDIT SUISSE
Senior Vice President, Head of US Sales and Marketing, BNY GLOBAL TRANSITION MANAGEMENT
Managing Director & Head of Transition Management, RAMIREZ & COMPANY
TBA, MELLON TRANSITION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

4:15 pm

Afternoon Refreshment Break

4:30 pm

Style and Strategies

Moderator:
Managing Principal, Fund Evaluation Group, Inc.

Panelists:
Senior Managing Director, MB Investment Partners
Chief Equity Officer, MFC Global Investments
President, Director of Research,  Midwest Asset Management
Chairman, CEO, Portfolio Manager, RAMSEY ASSET MANAGEMENT

5:30 pm

Portfolio Construction and Implementation: Developments & Advances
• Quantitative active portfolio modeling and management
• A real world approach to portfolio construction within a risk budget framework
• Integrating forward views into portfolio construction

Moderator:

Panelists:

6:30 pm

Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by: Premier Pacific Vineyards

FRIDAY, October 12, 2007

7:15 am

Continental Breakfast

7:45 am

Welcoming Remarks

8:00 am



9:00 am

Socially Responsible Investing

Moderator:
Senior Vice President, ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS

Panelists:
Vice President of Institutional Sales, CALVERT INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS GROUP
President and CEO, NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION
Director, Foudation Outreach, DBL FOUNDATION
Executive Director, THE SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE

10:00 am

Meet the Managers

Moderator:
Treasurer, WESTOVER SCHOOL

Panelists:
Director of Business Development & Investor Relations, QUANTITATIVE FINANCIAL STRATEGIES

11:00 am

Incorporating Alternatives and Emerging Asset Classes into a Smaller Plan: An Endowment and Foundation Perspective

This panel will discuss how smaller plans have successfully gained access to the alternative investment space when resources and/or expertise may be lacking. Consultants, endowments and foundations will discuss how they tackled issues such as due diligence, direct investing versus fund of funds and other critical issues as they attempted to implement their alternative investments.

Moderator:
Vice President/Treasurer, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Panelists:
Director of Finance & Administration, CORAM FAMILY
President, NEWPORT CAPITAL ADVISORS

11:55 am

Closing Remarks