CIFM Professional Speaker Series – Fall Semester 2023

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, the Center hosted Katrina Sherrerd (McIntire ’79; MIT M.S. ’83; Darden Ph.D. ’87), currently the Vice Chair and former CEO of Research Affiliates, to discuss lessons she has learned to be successful in the asset management industry.

In a joint talk with the Blue Ridge Center on October 3, 2023, Ken Seiff, Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures, joined CIFM’s Professional Speaker Series to discuss venture capital investing in early stage blockchain technology companies.

Finally, the fall 2023 series concluded on November 6, 2023, with a special event co-hosted with the White Ruffin Byron Center for Real Estate as part of the McIntire School’s Fall Forum on AI.  This talk featured Jamey Thompson, Founder/Portfolio Manager at Jocassee Quantitative, who discussed opportunities and challenges in quantitative investing including the roles of predictive modeling, machine learning, and AI.