Meet the IWII advisory board and judges

Pensions and Investments assembled an advisory board of leading investors and key industry executives to determine questions and areas on which to focus, such as leadership and contributions to the advancement of women, for the Influential Women in Institutional Investing application. The board also was instrumental in shaping themes for the upcoming conference, to be held Sept. 14 in Chicago. Along with the advisory board, other industry leaders and P&I staff were key in reading and evaluating nominations for the 2023 inaugural class of female leaders.

Advisory board
Jennifer Ablan, P&I editor in chief, chief content officer

Jennifer Choi, CEO, Institutional Limited Partners Association

Joanne Hickman Dodd, co-founder, chair, professional development committee, Women Investment Professionals

Margaret Franklin, president and CEO, CFA Institute

Gilbert Garcia, managing partner, Garcia Hamilton & Associates

Marisa Hall, head, Thinking Ahead Institute, Willis Towers Watson

Lori Lucas, CEO emeritus, Employee Benefit Research Institute

Lisa A. Massena, COO, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association

Emily Meyer, vice president, Northern Trust Asset Management; co-president, Women in ETFs

Lew Minsky, president and CEO, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association

Jennifer Mulrooney, 2023 president, WE Inspire Promote Network; vice president, regional retirement consultant, American Century

Nikki Pirrello, P&I president and publisher

Michele Shauf, global head, education and experiences, Nasdaq eVestment

Dennis Simmons, executive director, Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets

Nancy Sims, president and CEO, Robert Toigo Foundation

Julie Tatge, P&I executive editor

Shundrawn A. Thomas, founder and managing partner, The Copia Group

Judges
Angela M. Antonelli, executive director, Georgetown University’s Center for Retirement Initiatives

Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics and policy analysis, New School for Social Research; director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis

Pam Hess, executive director, Retirement Research Center, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association

Olivia S. Mitchell, professor of insurance and risk management, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Bill Ryan, partner, NEPC

Stacy L. Schaus, founder and CEO, Schaus Group

Julie K. Stapel, partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Karen Witham, vice president, communications and marketing, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association

P&I staff: Erin Arvedlund, enterprise editor; Sophie Baker, international news editor; Hazel Bradford, senior reporter; Aaron Cunningham, director of research and analytics; Courtney Degen, reporter; Gauri Goyal, senior director, custom content and programming; Rob Kozlowski, reporter; Meaghan Offerman, associate editor; Kevin Olsen, managing editor

How the Influential Women candidates were selected

Meet the 65 women named in P&I's inaugural Influential Women in Institutional Investing

Coverage

Kathy Sutherland