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Keith Cardoza

Chief Investment Officer
Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth

Keith is BRF's Chief Investment Officer and co-chairs the firm's Investment Strategy Committee. He serves on BRF's Impact Investing, Knowledge Management, Private Equity, Public Markets, and Real Estate Committees. He leads the firm's asset allocation and manager selection efforts.

Prior to joining BRF, Keith served as a Managing Director of Merrick Ventures, an investment firm focused on technology investments. The U.S. Patent Office awarded three patents to Keith, including one for the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index, the first intellectual-property based stock-index. Previously Keith chaired Boeing's Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation Committee, responsible for the investment strategy for $41 billion in retirement assets. This team included the Directors of Equities, Fixed Income, Alternative Investments, and Risk. The team improved the funded ratio of Boeing's retirement plans from 80% to 91%. Prior to Boeing, Keith managed the $6 billion equity portfolio for the Illinois State Board of Investment pension fund.

Keith received a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and past chair of CFA Society Chicago. Keith serves on the boards of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Malta Human Services Foundation, which makes grants to support the charitable mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta. He serves on the Board of the University of Chicago's Humanities Division. He has served on the executive committees of the Chicago Children's Choir, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Chicago Stock Exchange. He also served on the boards of Joffrey Ballet, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Union League Club of Chicago. Keith is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and The Chicago Club.

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Kelly Chesney

Co-Founder
Pluscious Management

Kelly is a co-founder of Pluscios. She has 25 years' experience in capital markets and alternative asset investing and serves as the firms COO.

Prior to founding Pluscios, Kelly was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Capital Management (formerly Banc One Capital Management) (the "Bank"), the Bank's hedge fund investing group which invested both proprietary and client assets in portfolios of hedge funds. Kelly was one of three voting members of the Investment Committee responsible for all aspects of portfolio management including portfolio construction, manager selection and on-going manager monitoring. Kelly was also a member of the group's Management Committee. Additionally, Kelly had primary responsibility for product design and development, product launches and lifecycle management, and had oversight for all aspects of the business operations.

Kelly also spent several years in the mid-nineties as a lawyer for the Bank's Corporate Investments and Capital Markets Groups. Kelly structured and negotiated complex domestic and international commercial finance transactions including tax-related transactions, derivatives, foreign exchange transactions and hedge fund, venture capital, asset backed and collateralized debt obligation investments. She participated in the strategy development and directed the creation of offering documents for a hedge fund of funds; structured the first foreign tax credit transaction for the Bank; and participated in the development and launch of new derivatives products.

Kelly began her career as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom and Mayer, Brown & Platt.

Kelly received an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and a B.A. in communication studies from Northern Illinois University. Kelly is a member of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, the Chicago Finance Exchange, the National Association of Securities Professionals and is on the Illinois Board of Gift Adoption.

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Anthony Novara

Director of Research
DiMeo, Schneider & Associates LLC

Anthony joined DiMeo Schneider & Associates, L.L.C. in 2011. Anthony directs the firm's Hedge Fund research effort and chairs the firm's Capital Markets committee. He is a member of the firm's Investment Committee, Discretionary Committee and all Research Teams. Prior to joining the firm, Anthony held various roles at National City, Conversus Asset Management and William Blair & Company. Anthony received a BA in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Analytic Finance, Economics & Entrepreneurship. He is a CFA® charterholder and member of the CFA Society Chicago and CFA Institute. Anthony is actively involved with YearUp, a nonprofit providing urban young adults with the skills, experience and support to pursue professional careers and higher education. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Michigan State University Financial Markets Institute. In his free time, Anthony enjoys playing guitar, golf, running after his two young sons and all things Michigan State Spartans.

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Brian Payne

Senior Hedge Fund Analyst
Teacher's Retirement System of Illinois

Brian Payne is the PM for TRS Illinois’ Diversifying Strategies program where he manages $5bn+ in capital across hedge fund, alternative risk premia and risk parity strategies. The portfolio is built around liquid alternatives, macro, credit and equity exposures where Brian does both manager selection and portfolio strategy. Prior to joining the asset allocation side Brian was a buy side trader and researcher for Potomac River Capital, a DC-based global macro hedge fund, focusing on G10 and EM markets. He currently holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.