Serena Williams embodies style, power, beauty and courage. The longest ranked #1, the most successful female player of the Open Era and prized WTA player of all time, Serena has overcome insurmountable odds to win 23 career grand slams. Not only is she remarkable at tennis, her success with endeavors outside of the sport include film, television, and fashion. Her tennis ability combined with her off-court presence makes her one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world – an icon.Serena has won a title in all four grand slam tournaments. She has won 73 singles championships, 23 doubles championships, and was also gold-medalist at the 2000 (doubles), 2008 (doubles), and 2012 (singles and doubles) Olympics. In 2015, Serena won four grand slams: Wimbledon, The French Open, The Australian Open, and The 2014 US Open, a feat affectionately known as the “Serena Slam”. With such accomplishments, Sports Illustrated named Serena their “2015 Sportsperson of The Year”. In 2017, Serena went on to clinch the Australian open to win her 23rd Grand Slam title.Off the court, Serena has become a well-recognized in the business, fashion and entertainment space, In 2018, Serena has used her passion and savvy for fashion to launch her own clothing label, S By Serena, which was been featured at New York Fashion Week 2019, as well as her Serena Williams Jewelry line. On the small screen, Serena released a five-part Emmy award-winning docuseries on HBO titled “Being Serena.” In 2014, Serena began her foray into investing by creating Serena Ventures, her own venture capital firm focused on investing in companies that embrace leadership, individual empowerment, creativity and opportunity.Serena is deeply committed to other philanthropic causes, supporting organizations such as UNICEF, The S.E. Tennis and Learning Center, The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Race for the Homeless, Stop the Violence, The Special Olympics, and The Arthur Ashe Foundation.

Joel Wittenberg recently retired as vice president and chief investment officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. He is now independently advising institutional investors as Managing Partner of Joel Wittenberg Consulting LLC and Lone Pine Investments LLC.Prior to joining the foundation, Wittenberg was vice president at the Kellogg Company, serving as treasurer as well as heading up investor relations. Before joining the Kellogg Company, he was vice president and treasurer with Armstrong World Industries and held several key treasury roles with the Dow Chemical Company. Wittenberg earned his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, and his Master of Business Administration from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Chief Investment Officer & Senior Vice PresidentElizabeth Hewitt joined the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015 as Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President. As Chief Investment Officer, Hewitt is responsible for managing the Foundation’s endowment, including asset allocation strategy, fund manager selection, risk analysis, portfolio performance valuation, and liquidity management. Prior to joining the Foundation, Hewitt was Managing Director of Public Investments at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation where she selected and monitored investments with managers, helped set asset allocation policy, and contributed to overall portfolio management. Earlier in her career, Hewitt was a Senior Vice President for Lazard Asset Management (2001-2006), a Hedge Fund Analyst for The Torrey Funds (1999-2001), and a Wealth Management Associate for the U.S. Trust Corporation (1998-1999). She holds an MA from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. She is also a member of the Investment Committee for The Madeira School, McLean VA.

Alex is the Co-Founder of Transpose Platform, an anchor fund for the most disruptive venture funds of this decade. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Trusted Insight, a machine learning–driven platform that hosts the world’s largest network of institutional investors. Prior to TI Platform, Alex managed capital for clients at premier endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance firms, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds since 2003.He has helped invest over $2 billion in 50 funds with a track record of investing over $1 billion in 50+ funds for institutional investors with an IRR of 30%+ and 2x NAV. He advised the first checks in Accel, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Emergence, Y Combinator, Khosla, SaaStr, Initialized, Crystal Towers, and Baseline. Earlier in his career, Alex was an engineer and executive at AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, and GE. Alex holds an MBA from the Wharton School (where he is a frequent guest lecturer); an M.Eng in Operation Research from Cornell; and a BS in Computer Science, English and Economics from Cornell.

Allen Huang is a Director of Investments for MSU. Prior to joining MSU, he led asset allocation, investment manager selection, and portfolio management for the fixed income asset class at the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS). Prior to joining INPRS in 2011, he worked at Barclays Capital and GE Capital in various investment capacities predominantly focused on the traditional energy and renewables sector. Allen has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS in finance from Northeastern University.

Lisa is Founder and CEO of Landit, a personalized career pathing platform created to increase the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace. Landit partners with Fortune 500 companies around the globe to offer a turnkey solution at scale that enables organizations to better democratize access and success with a clear and measurable ROI. She is a chemical engineer from Cornell, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a former venture capitalist, and sits on both public and private boards. She’s passionate about unlocking talent and dreams for everyone in the workplace.

As the Chief Investment Officer of the University System of Maryland Foundation, Sam is responsible for the investment of endowment and operating fund assets of 23 higher education institutions within the State of Maryland.Sam’s prior experience includes leadership roles with financial service provider PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), investment consulting firm Ennis Knupp & Associates, and proprietary trading firm Goldenberg Hehmeyer & Company.Sam earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Alice Bentinck MBE is cofounder and General Partner at Entrepreneur First. Entrepreneur First invests in top technical individuals to help them build world-class deep technology startups from scratch in six locations across Europe and Asia. Since 2011, Entrepreneur First has created over 200 startups worth over $1.5bn including Magic Pony Technology, Tractable and CloudNC. EF’s investors include LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Greylock Partners, alongside Mosaic Ventures, Lakestar and Founders Fund. She also set up Code First: Girls, a not-for-profit that has taught 30,000 women to code for free while at university. Alice started her career at McKinsey & Co. She was awarded an MBE for services to business in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Alice is also a member of the UK AI Council, representing the UK AI Sector on the international stage.

Alyssa Rieder, is Chief Investment Officer of CommonSpirit Health’s $27 billion investment program. Prior to joining in 2011, Alyssa spent time at UC Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments, Starvista, and McKinsey & Company. Alyssa holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a B.A. in Quantitative Economics with honors from Stanford University. She is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco, the CFA Institute, and the CIPM Association and holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting credential. Alyssa serves on boards for Sempra Energy’s Nuclear Decommissioning Trust and Castilleja School.

Brian is responsible for the oversight and investment the University of Nebraska Foundation’s assets. His principal duties include establishing long-term asset allocation policies and short-term tactical tilts; investment manager research and selection; portfolio compliance and oversight; and serving as principal staff liaison to the board of directors and its investment committee. He joined the foundation in 2014 and has more than 20 years of professional financial and institutional investment experience.

Trang Nguyen co-founded Transpose Management in 2015. The firm backs ambitious entrepreneurs creating today’s most disruptive venture structures. Transpose Platform seeks out the world’s most innovative companies and invests in tomorrow’s category-defining leaders. Trang's wide-ranging experience and strategic acumen have significantly influenced her professional journey. Previously, she played a key role in developing product and pricing strategies at Trusted Insights, a VC-backed platform by firms such as Founders Fund, Stanford among others that supported a community of institutional investors and incubated software products. She launched several major products, including the Institutional LP Ranking List, Institutional Forum (Quora), Global Institutional Summit & Events, and an LP/GP Job Board. These initiatives greatly enhanced the platform's network of limited partners, boosting user engagement and expanding the community to over 30,000 members. Trang also excelled in establishing initial partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, with a focus on markets in Japan and the U.S., which were vital to the platform’s growth. Trang was involved in incubating LP software solutions now adopted by endowments, foundations, and other asset owners. Before her tenure at Transpose Management, Trang played a critical role at Sutter Health, where she directed investment strategies and managed portfolios with a combined asset under management (AUM) of $9 billion. Her expertise also included trading and managing a $1 billion credit portfolio, encompassing structured products and corporate bonds. Trang's foundational career spanned across firms such as Merrill Lynch, Visa, and Bank of New York Mellon, and included roles in tech, investment, and marketing sectors, as well as various startups.