Board

Elected directors

Jody Gunderson

MFA Chair
Managing Principal
AB CarVal
New York, NY

David Zirin

MFA Vice Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Pentwater Capital Management
Chicago, IL

Des Anderson

Chief Operating Officer
Marshall Wace
London, UK

Mark Bailey

Managing Director
Two Sigma
New York, NY

Darcy Bradbury

Managing Director, Head of Public Policy
D.E. Shaw Group
New York, NY

Brian Douglas

Chief Executive Officer
Graham Capital Management
Rowayton, CT

Shawn Fagan

Chief Legal Officer
Citadel
Chicago, IL

Andrew Fishman

President & Chief Operating Officer
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
New York, NY

Brian Gavin

Senior Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
New York, NY

Rebecca Ginzburg

President
Junto
New York, NY

Jennifer Graf

Principal
Renaissance Technologies
East Setauket, NY

Heather Harris

Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
HBK Capital Management
Dallas, TX

Kristy Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer
Whale Rock Capital Management
Boston, MFA

Kris Mastronardi

Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer & Global Head of Strategy
King Street Capital Management
New York, NY

Michael Mendelson

Principal
AQR Capital Management
Greenwich, CT

Chris Papagianis

Chief Strategy Officer
Hudson Bay Capital Management
Greenwich, CT

Jamie Raboy

Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Marathon Asset Management
New York, NY

Rose Shabet

Chief Operating Officer
Viking Global Investors
Stamford, CT

Zion Shohet

Chief Operating Officer
Elliott
Miami, FL

Matt Siclari

General Counsel
Balyasny Asset Management
New York, NY

John Spinney

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Bracebridge
Boston, MA

Mark Sullivan

Head, Hedge Fund Group
Wellington Management Company
Boston, MA

Kerry Tyler

Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Lone Pine Capital
Greenwich, CT

Nathan Urquhart

President
Coatue Management
New York, NY

Tracey Yurko

Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary​
Bridgewater
Westport, CT

Appointed directors

Orly Avidan

Managing Director, Head of Global Equities Distribution
Bank of America
New York, NY

Jeff Boyd

CEO North America
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services
Chicago, IL

Scott Carpenter

Executive Vice President & Global Head of Complex Operations​
State Street
Boston

Alan Flanagan

Global Head of Client Coverage, Asset Servicing
BNY
New York, NY

Elizabeth Shea Fries

Global Practice Leader, Investment Funds
Sidley Austin LLP
Boston, MA

Phil Han

Americas Co-Head of Prime Brokerage Sales and Global Head of the Systematic Client Franchise
Goldman Sachs
New York, NY

Natalie Horton

Managing Director, Global Head of Financing
UBS
New York, NY

Barry Knee

Assurance Partner
PwC
New York, NY

Sebastien Mailleux​

Global Co-Head of Prime Services​
Citi​
New York

Eamon McCooey

Managing Director, Head of Equity Finance & FCM Equities
Wells Fargo
Pelham, New York

Penny Novick

Global Co-Head of Prime Brokerage
Morgan Stanley
New York, NY

Jay Peller

Head of Fund Services
Citco Group
New York, NY

Lance Zinman

Partner & Global Chair, Financial Markets and Funds Department
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Chicago, IL

Non-voting directors

Andrew Palmer

Chief Investment Officer
Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
Baltimore, MD

Carlos Rangel

Chief Investment Officer
Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI

Ron Biscardi

CEO and Co-Founder
iConnections
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

Special advisors

Ash Williams

Vice Chair
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Tallahassee, FL
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