Investment Speakers

The student investment program provides ample opportunities for students to converse with investment professionals inside and outside of the classroom. We are very grateful to the many business professionals who have taken time to share their experiences and provide guidance to the students.

Networking and learning opportunities include information sessions, class speakers, dinners, training sessions, mock interviews, client meetings, trips, and other activities.

Investment and investment-related firms that contributed (some contributed multiple times) to the ASAP experience during the 2008 calendar year include:

* Only includes investment and investment-related firms.

# Firm Individual Title(s)
1 Adage Capital Phill Gross  Managing Director
2 AG Asset Mgt Beth Dater CIO
    Dana Troxell CEO
3 Argyle Inv. LLC Rich Gula  Owner
4 Avatar-Associates  Ted Thoedore  Founder
5 Barclays Tom Leonard Managing Director
    Jennifer Woo Analyst
6 Batterymarch  Tim Linkas CIO
7 Boston Private Bank & Trust Co. Jay Wailes  Senior VP
8 Cadence Capital Mike Skillman CEO
    Bill Bannick CIO
    Bob Fitzpatrick Portfolio Manager
    Paul Stringer Senior Analyst
9 CastleArk Jerry Castellini President
10 CFA Institute Jeff Diermeier CEO
11 Chesapeake Asset Management Sherrill Blalock  Managing Member
12 Chicago Asset Management Scott Sindelar Senior Managing Director
    Peter Thompson President and CEO
13 Chieftan  Glenn H. Greenberg  Founder
14 Citigroup Betsi Hill Managing Director
    Tobias Levkovich  Strategist
    Joel Levy  Head of Equity Research Oversight Committee
    Matt Carpenter  Managing Director Equity Strategies
15 Clough Capital Partners LP Chuck Clough  Founder
16 CNBC Jeff Macke Co-Host
17 Columbia Wanger Chuck McQuaid CIO
18 Credit Suisse Greyson Colvin Analyst
    Adrienne Young Portfolio Manager
19 CreditSights Glenn Reynolds CEO
20 Crews & Associates Steve Pully Head of Corporate Development
21 DnB Nor Asset Mgmt Bard Johannessen  CEO, Head of US Equities
22 Eminence Capital Ricky Sandler Owner
23 Fidelity Gordon Scott Analyst
    Steve Petersen Portfolio Manager
24 Franklin Templeton Investments Steve Moeller Senior Vice President
25 Frontier Capital  Tom Duncan  Chairman, Small Growth Portfolio Manager
26 GE Asset Management Ralph Layman  President, CIO - International Equities
27 General Motors Asset Management Kam Chang Portfolio Manager
    Ed Sullivan Director of Research
28 Goldman Sachs Anthony Carpet  Co-Director of US Research
29 Harris Associates Bill Nygren Portfolio Manager
30 Heartland Advisors Adam Peck Portfolio Manager
31 Heitman Morie Tognarelli President
    Tim Pire  Managing Director
32 Highfields Capital John Jacobson  Managing Director
33 ISI Group  Francois Trahan  Strategist, Head of Quantitative Research
34 Jefferies George Notter Managing Director
35 Lehman Brothers Tom Sontag  Managing Director
36 Leuthold Group Douglas Ramsey Strategist, Director of Research
37 Lodestar Investment Counsel Bob Dearborn Partner
38 Lotsoff Capital Management Stephen Bossu Senior Managing Partner
    Don Reid  Managing Director of Equity Division
39 Madison Investment Advisors Drew Justman Equity Analyst
40 Members Capital Advisors Jeremy Whitish Fixed Income Analyst
    Scott Opsal Vice President, Portfolio Manager
41 Merrill Lynch Michael Dowdell Fixed Income Trader
    Manoj Kulkarni High Yield Analyst
42 Miller Tabak  Charles Lombardo Managing Director
    Kevin O'Brien Equity Research Salesperson
43 Morningstar Damien Conover Senior Stock Analyst
    Pat Dorsey Director of Stock Research
44 Munder Thomas Kenny Senior Portfolio Manager
45 Nakoma Capital Management Greg Schroeder  Senior Analyst
46 Neuberger Berman Tom Sontag Managing Director, Vice President
47 New Amsterdam Partners Michelle Clayman Founder, CEO
48 Northern Capital Management Brian Hellmer  Director of Research
    Steve Hawk Chairman and CEO
49 Northern Trust Joe Wolfe Quantitative Research
    Mark Gossett COO
50 Nuland & Arshad Jamie Nuland Principal
51 Numeric Investors Shanta Puchtler Director of Research
    Langdon B. Wheeler President
52 Perry Capital Paul Leff Partner, Senior Managing Director
53 Phoenix Investment Adviser Jeff Peskind  Managing Director
54 Premier Asset Management LLC Joseph Seminetta CEO
55 Principal Financial Global Investors Keith Bokota  Analyst
56 Pzena Investment Management Tony Despirito  Co-Portfolio Manager Large Cap, PM Small Cap
57 Robert W. Baird & Co. Chuck Severson  Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
58 SAC Bill Wappler Associate Director of Research
59 Sirios LP Tony Piterno Energy Portfolio Manager
60 Spot Trading Scott Schwanke Director of Research
    Paulina Fin Caprio Director of Research
61 Stark Investments Ryan Downs Portfolio Manager
    Dan Braun Director of Global Environmental Finance
62 State of Wisconsin Investment Board David Villa CIO
63 The Capital Group Tara Torrens  Vice President
64 Trinity Advisory Group, LP Dan Meader Founder, Managing Partner
65 UBS Global Asset Management Tom Cole Managing Director, Director of Research
    Tom Madsen Global Head of Equities
66 United Church of Christ Pension Board Catherine Waterworth Investment Officer
    Michael Downs  President, CEO
67 University of Chicago Endowment Peter Stein  Vice President
68 UW Foundation David Erickson Senior Director of Investments
69 Victory Capital Management Michael Koskuba Managing Director
70 Voyageur Michael Spencer CIO
71 Wellington Renee Anderson  Institutional Product Salesperson
    Karl Bandtel  Partner
    Matthew Shumway High Yield Analyst
72 Westfield Capital Will Muggia  President, CIO
73 Whale Rock Michael Gatzlaff  Analyst
74 Z.I. Investments Ray Zemon  Managing Member