D Ellen Shuman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Received the Institutional Investor Lifetime Achievement Award for Foundations in 2014
Serves as Trustee and Investment Committee Chair at The Juilliard School
Board Member at JBG Smith (NYSE:JBGS), a public REIT
Serves on the State of Connecticut's Investment Advisory Council, advising on $56 billion in pension assets
Spent 13 years at the Yale University Investments Office, reporting to David Swensen

Biography

D Ellen Shuman is an institutional investor and endowment specialist with a career dedicated to serving endowments and foundations. Her experience includes a 13-year tenure at the Yale University Investments Office, where she reported to David Swensen and embraced a strategy of concentrated, specialist managers within a global, diversified portfolio to generate strong risk-adjusted returns. She has also worked with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Edgehill Endowment Partners.