David Barse
President and Chief Executive Officer
Third Avenue Management
David Barse is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Third Avenue Management. Mr. Barse joined Third Avenue in 1991, soon after the inception of the Third Avenue Value Fund. Under Mr. Barse's strategic business development, Third Avenue has grown assets under management and has expanded its product offerings to include separate accounts, subadvised portfolios and alternative investment vehicles.
Since 1996, Mr. Barse has served as a director of Covanta Holdings, formerly known as Danielson Holding Corporation. Mr. Barse was the President of Danielson from 1996 to 2002, and oversaw the successful execution of an acquisition that transformed the insurance holding company into a waste-to-energy business, which was purchased out of a Chapter 11 proceeding.
Mr. Barse previously served as Chairman of the Collins and Aikman Unsecured Creditors Committee. He was also Chairman of the USG Corporation Creditors Committee, where the creditors and management team worked together to successfully reorganize the wallboard manufacturer following the company’s financial distress resulting from its asbes-tos liabilities.
Mr. Barse is also the CEO of M.J. Whitman LLC, a full-service broker-dealer affiliated with Third Avenue which specia-lizes in distressed securities.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Barse practiced bankruptcy and corporate law. He was an attorney with the law firms of Ro-binson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP, and Zalkin Rodin & Goodman.
Mr. Barse received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. from George Washington University. He is a member of the Brooklyn Law School Board of Trustees.
Carson Boneck, CFA
Managing Director
Capital IQ
Mr. Boneck is managing director of SystematIQ Research. Previously, he was a director and senior quantitative analyst at Quantitative Services Group and a quantitative analyst at Schwab Soundview Capital Markets and its predecessor firm, where he constructed stock selection models used by more than 100 institutional investment managers. Mr. Boneck began his career in investment management as a manager of a boutique investment consultancy which performed third-party equity valuation for investment banks, investment managers, and Fortune 100 companies. He serves as chairman of the Candidate Services Advisory Group of the CFA Society of Chicago. Mr. Boneck holds a BA degree in finance, international business, and Spanish from Indiana University.
Aaron Brown
Chief Risk Officer
AQR Capital Management
Aaron Brown is the Chief Risk Officer for AQR Capital Management and author of The Poker Face of Wall Street and A World of Chance (with Reuven and Gabrielle Brenner). In his 27 year Wall Street career, he has been a portfolio manager, trader, head of mortgage securities and risk manager, working for firms including Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, and he also spent some years as a finance professor. He is a frequent contributor to the professional literature in quantitative finance and risk management. He serves on the editorial board of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and the National Book Critics Circle, and is a regulator columnist for Wilmott magazine. He holds degrees in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.
Mark Carhart
Former Managing Director & Co-Head of Quantitative Strategies
Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs Group
Mark recently retired as Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Quantitative Investment Strategies Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He will launch his own independent asset management company in 2010 after the expiration of his noncompetition agreements with GS & Co. Mark joined Goldman in 1997, and was named Managing Director in 1999 and Partner in 2004. While at Goldman, he served on the Investment Management Division’s Management Committee and Investment Policy Group. Prior to joining Goldman, Mark was Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the Marshall School of Business at USC, a Senior Fellow of The Wharton Financial Institutions Center, a member of the Investment Board of Mercer Global Advisors and a consultant for Dimensional Fund Advisors. His academic research on the predictability of mutual fund performance has been published in The Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies, and he also contributed to the book, Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach. Mark began his investment career as a research analyst for a small money management firm (Latimer Management, subsequently Clifford Management) in New York in 1988. Mark is an advisory board member of the Journal of Investment Management Conference Series and has also served the board and program committee of the Q Group.
Mark earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1988, became a CFA Charterholder in 1991 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1995.
Andrew Damm
Managing Director
BlackRock Investment Management
R. Andrew Damm, Managing Director, is a senior member of the Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. His primary responsibility is the oversight of the risk management of equity portfolios managed by BlackRock in the United States. Mr. Damm manages a staff of risk and quantitative analysis professionals that is responsible for conducting on-going risk analysis for BlackRock senior management and the portfolio management teams. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Option Overwriting Oversight Committee and a member of the Assumptions Review Group, which is responsible for formulating and communicating capital markets assumptions underpinning BlackRock’s investment strategy recommendations.
Before taking on his current responsibilities, Mr. Damm was the equity product strategist and co-managed the BlackRock Asset Allocation Fund. During his career with BlackRock, he has been the lead portfolio manager for BlackRock’s large cap growth and core equity portfolios, both of which combined quantitative portfolio construction with fundamental economic and company analysis. He joined the PNC Asset Management Group in 1995 as a senior investment strategist, responsible for managing the equity portion of balanced portfolios and for asset allocation within the PNC blended portfolio products. Previously, he was a portfolio manager within PNC’s Investment Management and Trust Division, where he developed and managed investment programs for high net worth individuals and institutional clients.
Mr. Damm earned a BA degree, cum laude, in business administration from Franklin & Marshall College in 1984, and an MBA degree from Lehigh University in 1991. He is a member of the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia, the CFA Institute, the Global Association of Risk Professionals and the London Quant Group. Mr. Damm also serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the NCIF Endowment.
Max Darnell
Chief Investment Officer
First Quadrant
Max Darnell has served as First Quadrant's chief investment officer since 2002. Mr. Darnell is responsible for overseeing the firm's investment products, particularly with respect to strategic research and development initiatives. He is a member of the firm’s Partner Board and Executive Office. Mr. Darnell began his career with First Quadrant in 1991, and managed the firm's derivatives research through the latter half of the 1990s. In 2000 he was named director of research, overseeing both equities and derivatives products. Mr. Darnell earned a master's degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991.
Jaeson Dubrovay
Senior Strategist - Hedge Funds
NEPC
Mr. Dubrovay, who has over eighteen years of hedge fund investment experience, is the head of the hedge fund practice in the Alternative Investments Group at NEPC. NEPC’s institutional clients have in excess of $22 billion invested in both fund of hedge funds and direct investments in hedge funds. Mr. Dubrovay was named the Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year by Alternative Investment News, a publication of Institutional Investor in June 2008.
Prior to joining NEPC, Mr. Dubrovay was a Managing Director/Founder at Hanseatic Capital Advisors. In this role, he advised clients on hedge fund strategies, the investment process, manager due diligence, portfolio construction and building innovative portfolios targeted to unique market segments.
Previously Mr. Dubrovay was Chief Investment Officer of Carr Global Advisors, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Indosuez, where he formed and managed several funds of hedge funds for both institutional and Private Banking clients. As CIO, he was responsible for all aspects of the investment process including developing investment policies, sourcing managers and performing due diligence, constructing portfolios and overseeing the ongoing monitoring and risk management process.
Mr. Dubrovay began his investment career in 1990 with full responsibility for managing a diversified liquid portfolio for HAL Trust, a public European holding company that was invested across traditional and alternative investments. He previously held financial positions as Corporate Controller for HAL Trust, senior internal auditor for Squibb Corporation, and senior auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co.
Mr. Dubrovay was acknowledged in April 2008 as providing "outstanding critical feedback throughout the review process" on hedge fund best practices for the investors' committee of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.
Mr. Dubrovay, who is a Certified Public Accountant, earned an M.B.A. in finance with honors from Santa Clara University, and a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Washington. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designee.
Philip Duff
CEO and General Partner
Duff Capital Advisors
Phil Duff launched Duff Capital Advisors in March 2008. Duff Capital Advisors is a new enterprise that is creating a platform to provide new business propositions across asset management, liability solutions and retirement schemes—the next generation investment management company. Duff Capital Advisors will provide institutional clients integrated portfolio solutions to fund and manage long-tail liabilities.
Phil was Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of FrontPoint Partners LLC. FrontPoint Partners was founded in 2000 and was sold to Morgan Stanley in December 2006. At the time of its sale, FrontPoint Partners was an integrated investment management firm managing over $7 billion in client assets in single manager and multi-strategy vehicles offering an institutional-quality platform for incorporating non-correlated investment strategies into large asset portfolios.
Prior to FrontPoint, Phil was formerly Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director of Tiger Management, where he served as a member of Tiger’s Management Committee and Advisory Board. Prior to joining Tiger, Phil worked for much of his career at Morgan Stanley. Phil was the Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley and served on the firm’s Management Committee. Phil served as President and CEO of Van Kampen American Capital, a $70 billion mutual fund company which was acquired by Morgan Stanley, and had previously headed Morgan Stanley’s Financial Institutions Group in Investment Banking. Phil began his career as a grain trader for Louis Dreyfus Corporation.
Phil currently serves on the corporate boards of Ambac Financial Group, RiskMetrics Group, Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., and Solar Power Corporation. He also serves on the non-profit boards of MIT Sloan and the Seven Bridges Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the Managed Funds Association and Greenwich Academy (including as Chairman). Phil received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Phil resides with his wife and three children in Greenwich, Connecticut.
William A. Dunn, Ph.D.
Founder & Chairman
Dunn Capital Management, Inc.
Bill earned his BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and his PhD in Theoretical Physics from Northwestern University.
He did two years of post-doctoral research and teaching at the University of California, Riverside and Pomona College. He then left the academic world and did seven years of systems analysis work for the Navy, Coast Guard and Department of Defense in the DC area.
By 1974 Bill had educated himself in his spare time in the methods of technical trading of futures portfolios whereupon he founded Dunn Capital Management, Inc. and began trading accounts for his friends, family and clients. In 1980 Bill moved DCM from the DC area to its current HQ in Stuart, Florida.
All DUNN programs employ 100% systematic, quantitative trading models (designed to benefit from long-term trends) that process the daily input of price data and generate all orders for trading without any other human/fundamental input. DUNN’s track record spans a period of over 34 years and has produced a return of over 18% per annum, net of all fees and expenses. More information can be found at www.DunnCapital.com.
Timothy Garry
Chief Risk Officer
Passport Capital
Tim Garry is the Chief Risk Officer of Passport Capital. He joined Passport in December 2007 as a portfolio manager focused on quantitative strategies and market timing algorithms. Prior to joining Passport, Tim was a Vice President and quantitative portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in the Absolute Return Strategies Group where he managed the US Market Neutral Fund. He was also a portfolio manager on the SSgA Energy Fund.
He received a MS in Finance from Boston College in 2006. He received an AB in Philosophy and English from Boston College in 2000. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of the Boston Security Analyst’s Society.
Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D.
Senior Quantitative Strategist, Structured Equity
Allegiant Asset Mgmt Group
Steve is a Senior Quantitative Strategist for the firm. He is a key member of Allegiant's Structured Equity team, leading several strategies and being an integral contributor to others. In addition, Steven leverages his expertise to test quantitative processes employed by Allegiant's other investment teams. Joining Allegiant Asset Management Company in 2005, he previously served as Senior Quantitative Strategist at Harris Investment Management and has 19 years of quantitative and modeling experience. Steven received his B.S. in Mathematics and Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Buffalo and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Rochester.
Michael Hennessy
Managing Director
Morgan Creek Capital Management
Michael P. Hennessy is a Co-founder and Managing Director at Morgan Creek Capital Management. Morgan Creek provides investment services based on the University Endowment model of investment management. Morgan Creek is a joint venture partner with Salient Partners and Hatteras Partners. Total assets are roughly $9 billion.
Prior to forming Morgan Creek in 2004, Mike was Vice President and Co-Founder of UNC Management Company (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Prior to joining UNC in 1999, Mr. Hennessy was an Investment Director at Duke Management Company (Duke University). Before joining Duke in 1991, Mr. Hennessy was an Associate at Smith Breeden Associates, a quantitative investment management firm.
Mr. Hennessy received his M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and holds a B.S. in Philosophy, Psychology and Mathematics from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Mr. Hennessy is Treasurer of Duke University Federal Credit Union, a member of the Carolina Friends School Board of Trustees, Chair of the Carolina Friends School Investment Committee, and a member of the College of William & Mary Foundation Board of Trustees and its Investment Committee.
David Leinweber, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center for Innovative Financial Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Leinweber, author of “Nerds on Wall Street: Math, Machines and Wired Markets” (Wiley 2009) is Haas Fellow in Finance is founding director of the Center for Innovative Financial Technology at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. His professional interests focus on how modern information technologies are best applied in trading and investing, and how technology affects global financial markets. He writes the monthly “Nerd on the Street” column for Institutional Investor magazine.
As the founder and advisor to financial technology companies, and as a quantitative investment manager, he is an active participant in today’s transformation of markets. Clients at his consulting and software business include some of the world’s largest investment managers, hedge funds, brokers and exchanges. All build on a history of innovation in financial technology.
At the RAND Corporation, he directed research on real-time applications of artificial intelligence that led to the founding of Integrated Analytics Corporation. IAC was acquired by the Investment Technology Group, (NYSE:ITG) and, with the addition of electronic order execution, its product became QuantEx, an electronic execution system still in use for millions of institutional equity transactions daily. Large institutions concerned with controlling transactions costs and proprietary traders found them particularly valuable.
As Managing Director at First Quadrant, he was responsible for institutional quantitative global equity portfolios totaling $6 billion. More than twenty long and market neutral strategies utilized a wide range of computerized techniques for stock selection and efficient trading. He won five rounds against the Wall Street Journal’s investment dartboard.
As the founding director of the Center for Innovative Financial Technology at U.C. Berkeley, and previously as a visiting faculty member at Caltech, Leinweber’ worked on practical applications of ideas at the juncture of technology and finance. He has advanced the state of the art in the application of information technology in both the sell-side world of trading and the buy-side world of quantitative investment. He’s published and spoken widely in both fields.
In his misspent youth, he graduated from MIT, in physics and computer science, where he was one of the first 5000 people on the Internet. That was when it was called the ARPAnet and wasn’t cool. He also has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard. But on a good day, it’s hard to tell.
David Martin
Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer
AllianceBernstein L.P.
He joined the firm in December 2001 and is responsible for the risk management function. Mr. Martin began his career at Price Waterhouse & Co. in 1972 in the audit and consulting practices. In 1979 he joined Citibank and held numerous positions during his 20-year tenure. Mr. Martin was a senior risk officer responsible for the global windows on risk processes that was used to proactively manage the entire risk profile of Citigroup. From 1999-2001, Mr. Martin was CEO of Knightsbridge Capital Management LLC, an incubator of hedge funds.
Mr. Martin, a Certified Public Accountant, holds a B.B.A. degree from Baruch College and an M.B.A. degree from New York University’s Graduate School of Business. He is Chairman of the Investment Company Institute’s Risk Committee and Co-Chair of the Buy-Side Risk Mangers’ Forum.
Michael Mata
Head of Fixed Income Quantitative Research
ING Investment Management
Michael Mata is Head of Quantitative Research for the ING Investment Management fixed income group, responsible for the design and development of quantitative models and their application in the investment process. Additionally, his team runs a tactical currency fund and co-manages ING’s Global Bond Fund. He joined ING Investment Management in 2004 from Putnam Investments, where he was the senior risk manager for fixed income portfolios. His previous experience includes risk management for fixed income derivative and bond arbitrage trading at Lehman Brothers. He received a B.S. in finance from Florida International University and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.
Gioel Molinari
Managing Director
Capital IQ
Mr. Molinari is responsible for ClariFI’s technology vision, strategy, and product development. Mr. Molinari has extensive experience working at the intersection of mathematics and computer science, having successfully developed leading-edge quantitative technologies to solve novel business problems.
Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Molinari spearheaded the design and development of the Sengent Broker Investment Advisor Grid, an Internet "grid"-based quantitative modeling platform; a high throughput Bluetooth testing environment as System Architect for Ericsson; and the world's first visual expression analysis application as Bioinformatics Engineer for CuraGen Corporation. Prior to founding ClariFI, Mr. Molinari was a Software Architect for Xcelerate Corporation where he led the development of several successful e-business projects including E-Exchange.com.
Mr. Molinari holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Roy Niederhoffer
Founder and President
R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc.
Roy Niederhoffer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1987 with a degree in Computational Neuroscience. He founded R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. (RGNCM), in 1993. At RGNCM, Mr. Niederhoffer is responsible for the general management of the firm and directs the overall strategy, including the trading, research, and software development functions. Prior to establishing RGNCM, Mr. Niederhoffer worked for NCZ Commodities for 5 years. Mr. Niederhoffer serves on the Board of several arts organizations. He is an accomplished classical and jazz pianist, plays violin with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, and is an avid skier.
R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management is a $1 billion New York-based manager with 41 employees and a 16-year track record. The firm employs a high-frequency quantitative strategy, with its roots in behavioral finance, to trade the world’s most liquid equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, and commodity markets. The strategy is designed to provide both attractive stand-alone performance and effective diversification to multi-manager hedge fund portfolios. RGNCM currently offers four investment programs to address the different portfolio needs of investors, including their flagship Diversified Program, which targets low or negative correlation to other investments, and the Negative Correlation Program, which seeks to provide protection against equity declines. All of their programs offer daily liquidity.
Matthew Rothman
Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Equity Strategies
Barclays Capital
Matthew Rothman, PhD, joined Barclays Capital in September 2008 and is currently a managing director and the global head of the firm's Quantitative Equities Strategies team. In his current capacity, he is responsible for U.S., Europe and Asia stock selection models, as well as sector selection and country selection models. Matthew is also a member of Barclays Capital Investment Policy Committee, which is committed to maintaining the quality and accuracy of the firm's research.
Prior to joining Barclays Capital, he was at Lehman Brothers since 2006. Before that, he was the senior quantitative analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein from 2003 to 2006. During that time, the team achieved First Team status in Institutional Investor's "All-America Research Team" poll in 2005 and was ranked No. 1 in the Greenwich Associates poll for 2003 to 2006. In addition, Matthew was a senior research analyst/portfolio manager in the Quantitative Equities group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
He earned a Bachelor's degree from Brown University, a MA in Statistics from Columbia University, and a PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Brown University, serves on the advisory board for the Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE) at the University of Notre Dame, elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), and sits on the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project.
Dr. Bernd Scherer
Visiting Professor
Birkbeck College
Dr. Bernd Scherer is about to return to academia, joining EDHEC Business School as full time professor of Finance after having spent 16 years in the investment industry. Lately he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and “Head of Quantitative Asset Allocation”. Before joining MSIM he was “Head of the Quantitative Strategies Group's Research Center” as well as “Head of Portfolio Engineering” for Deutsche Asset Management in New York. Bernd published in the Journal of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Investment Management, Risk, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Asset Management, etc. and is author of several books on quantitative risk management and portfolio construction. He is Board member of the London Quant Group and associate editor for the Journal of Asset Management.
Larry Smith
Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Third Wave Global Investors
Laurence R. Smith is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Third Wave Global Investors, LLC, and a founding partner.
Previously, Mr. Smith served as Global Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management, a position he held from 1999–2003. In 2002, he simultaneously served as Chief Executive Officer of CSAM Americas. CSAM was the 15th largest asset manager in the world, with around $300 billion under management.
In addition to his overall responsibilities for investment processes worldwide, including CSAM’s hedge fund offerings, Mr. Smith was Chairman of the firm's U.S. mutual funds, Chairman and CEO of a number of closed-end funds (Brazilian Equity, Chile, Emerging Markets Telecommunications, First Israel, Indonesia, Latin America Equity, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond, Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Funds), Chief Investment Officer of the First Israel Fund, and a Director of the Chile Fund, Indonesia Fund, and Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund.
Prior to working for CSAM, Mr. Smith was employed with J.P. Morgan Investment Management (JPMIM) from 1981–1999. From 1994–1999, he served as the Global Head of Asset Allocation and Balanced Account Management worldwide, where he was responsible for creating and executing the investment processes that drove the firm's macro decisions as well as directly managing Global Balanced portfolios. Previous to this appointment, Mr. Smith spent a decade in JPMIM's Fixed Income Group, ultimately serving as its co-head. During his tenure, the Group's Core Fixed Income product outperformed the SEI Median each and every year. He began his career at JPMIM in 1981 as a quantitative analyst, a position that afforded him the opportunity to perform research on all asset classes.
Mr. Smith holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. in finance and international business from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Director of the White Plains Hospital Center and a member of the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Smith is a trustee of the Stern Foundation. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Third Wave Global Investors, LLC, is a registered investment advisor specializing in global macro strategies.
Peter Thiel
President and Chairman of Investment Committee
Clarium Capital Management
Peter Thiel is president of Clarium, a global macro hedge fund. He is also the founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies, a national security software firm, and a founding investor and board member of Facebook, which serves more than 200 million active users. He helps launch many other new technology companies as a founder and partner of the Founders Fund. Previously, he was founder and CEO of PayPal, which manages more than 175 million financial accounts.
Mr. Thiel has philosophy and law degrees from Stanford University, where he occasionally teaches on globalization and sovereignty and serves on the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution. He funds research in artificial intelligence and life extension technologies.
D. Randall Winn
Executive Managing Director
Capital IQ
Randall Winn is head of Capital IQ, where he was co-managing principal and director prior to its sale to McGraw Hill. Randall oversees all of the sales, technology, product development, data collection, strategic development, and corporate activities of Capital IQ, Compustat, ClariFI, and SystematIQ, with a total staff of about 4,000 worldwide.
Prior to Capital IQ, Randy was a principal at Saunders Karp & Megrue LLC., a middle-market private equity investment firm which managed over $1.7 billion. While at Saunders Karp, he was on the board of and actively involved in investments in Targus Group International, Inc., Accessory Network Group and Hartford Computer Group, Inc.
Randall was at Goldman Sachs & Co. working first in Corporate Finance and then in the Principal Investment Area before joining Saunders Karp. While in the Principal Investment Area, he was actively involved in investments in Westin Hotels, Paz Oil and Claridge Israel.
Randall received an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University with a certificate in East Asian Studies.
Lauren Young
Personal Finance Editor
BusinessWeek
Lauren Young is a department editor for BusinessWeek’s Personal Business section. She joined BusinessWeek in October 2003 after working as a senior writer at SmartMoney. Ms. Young also covered mutual funds for the Dow Jones Newswires and was a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. Her articles have also been published in The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Houston Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal Europe, USA Today, The Mexico City News, T. Rowe Price Investor and other publications. She currently blogs about investing and parenting issues for BusinessWeek. Ms. Young is a frequent guest on television and radio programs. She has appeared on all major network and cable morning news shows.
Ms. Young started her journalism career at age 9 as a writer for Children's Express, a national magazine and syndicated news service for kids. She worked for The Daily Collegian during her four years at Penn State—first as a reporter, and later as managing editor, campus editor and style editor. After college, she was a writer at National Parks Magazine. She also worked in advertising as a copywriter and account executive at McCann-Erickson in Budapest. She received her Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University.
Ms. Young serves on the boards of Choice USA, the Schreyer Honors College of Penn State, and Nevus Outreach. She is the past president of the Medill Journalism Club of Greater New York.
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