Board

Elected directors

Mark Sullivan

MFA Chair
Head, Hedge Fund Group
Wellington Management Company
Boston, MA

Sona Gohel

MFA Vice Chair
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Davidson Kempner Capital Management
New York, NY

Philip Berlinski

Co-Chief Operating Officer
Millennium Management LLC
New York, NY

Darcy Bradbury

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

Whitney Chatterjee

Partner and Chief Legal Officer
Apollo Global Management
New York, NY

Shawn Fagan

Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director
Citadel
Miami, FL

Andrew Fishman

President
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
Miami, FL

Brian Gavin

Senior Managing Director, Global Chief Operating Officer of BXMA
The Blackstone Group
New York, NY

Matthew Gilmartin

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Diameter Capital Partners
New York, NY

Matthew Goulet

SVP, FundsNetwork, Alternatives and Wealth Advisor Solutions
Fidelity Institutional
Boston, MA

Jennifer Graf

Principal
Renaissance Technologies
New York, NY

Kristy Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer
Whale Rock Capital Management
Boston, MA

Richard Kushel

Managing Director, Head of the Portfolio Management Group
BlackRock
New York, NY

Brian Marcus

Head of Cross Platform Investing at Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management L.L.C. and Partner
The Carlyle Group
New York, NY

Chris Papagianis

Chief Strategy Officer
Hudson Bay Capital Management
Greenwich, CT

Jamie Raboy

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

David Richter

Managing Director, Absolute Return Strategies Investment Committee Chair
GCM Grosvenor
Chicago, IL

Naseem Sagati Aghili

Partner, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Ares Management Corporation
Los Angeles, CA

Rose Shabet

Chief Operating Officer
Viking Global Investors
Stamford, CT

Matt Siclari

General Counsel
Balyasny Asset Management
New York, NY

Stephanie Sirota

Chief Business Officer, Partner
RTW Investments, LP
New York, NY

Kerry Tyler

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

Nathan Urquhart

President and Head of Strategy
Coatue Management
New York, NY

H.J. Willcox

Chief Legal Officer & Global Head of Compliance and Risk
AQR Capital Management, LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Appointed directors

Mike Asaro

Partner
Akin Gump
New York, NY

Indrajit Bardhan

Head of Equity Finance
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
New York, NY

Jeff Boyd

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services
Chicago, IL

Scott Carpenter

Executive Vice President, Global Head of Alternatives
State Street
Boston, MA

Stephen L. Cohen

Partner, Global Regulatory & Enforcement Practice Leader
Sidley Austin LLP
Washington, DC

Adil El Batji

Head of Global Equities in the Americas
BNP Paribas
New York, NY

Robert Genkinger

Head of Americas Prime Brokerage & Global Head of Securities Lending
Bank of America
New York, NY

Peter Greene

Partner and Co-Head of Hedge Funds
McDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NY

Salima Habib

Head of North America Equity Sales
Citi
New York, NY

Elizabeth Kent

CAO for Private Markets
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
New York, NY

Matt Kiraly

Global Head of Securities Services Sales
HSBC Securities USA Inc.
New York, NY

David Lohuis

Managing Director and Chairman of Global Financing
Barclays Investment Bank
New York, NY

Michael Lo Parrino

Partner, EY Americas Wealth and Asset Management Audit Services Leader
EY
New York, NY

Jay Peller

Chief Operating Officer
Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc.
New York, NY

Non-voting directors

Mark Attanasio

Director of Alternative Investments
General Motors Asset Management
New York, NY

Ron Biscardi

CEO and Co-Founder
iConnections
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

Lamar Taylor

Chief Investment Officer
State Board of Administration of Florida
Tallahassee, FL
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