Clarke Argenbright
Accountant
Clarke Argenbright joined Investure in April 2010. Prior to Investure, Clarke served in various roles within accounting department at Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Clarke earned his BBA in Business Management with a concentration in Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship from James Madison University.
Kamyar Assadipour
Director, Risk Management
Kamyar Assadipour joined Investure in November 2006. Prior to Investure, Kamyar worked for Vastardis Capital Services as a Vice President and Director of Accounting, Operations and Financial Reporting. Prior to Vastardis Capital, he was the Director of Global Finance for the News Corporation Head Office. Kamyar began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.
Kamyar earned his BS in Accounting and Finance from Monmouth University in New Jersey.
Shawn Bell
Executive Assistant
Shawn Bell joined Investure in September 2007. She spent much of her career working for International Paper Company in a variety of roles including process improvement and performance and development manangement. Prior to joining Investure, she spent a year as a mortgage loan officer with a bank on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Stacy Benefield
Accountant
Stacy Benefield joined Investure in September 2007. Prior to Investure, Stacy worked as a teaching assistant at the Real Estate Center at DePaul University and as a tax intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Stacy earned her BS in Accounting and Real Estate from DePaul University. Stacy is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the state of Illinois.
Jarrett Brucker
Accountant
Jarrett Brucker joined Investure in January 2007. Prior to Investure, Jarrett worked for the University of Virginia in the Internal Audit Department as a senior auditor. Prior to UVA, she was a senior auditor for Deloitte & Touche.
Jarrett earned her BA in rhetoric and communications from the University of Virginia and her MPA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Chas Cocke
Managing Director
Chas Cocke joined Investure in January 2004 and co-manages investments in public and alternative equities. Prior to Investure, Chas was an Investment Analyst for the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, where he helped select hedge funds and public equity managers. Before joining UVIMCO, Chas was a Senior Analyst for CIBC World Markets Industrials Group and an Analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners in the Mergers and Acquisitions group.
Chas earned his BS with concentrations in accounting and finance from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
Beth Foley
Director, Operations
Beth Foley joined Investure in May 2009. Prior to Investure, Beth worked for the Bank of New York Mellon as a Senior Manager within the Client Accounting & Reporting Services group, where she managed several teams servicing numerous institutional client types including foundations and endowments, for profit financial institutions, corporate and public pension funds, etc. Prior to her 12 years with BNY Mellon, Beth spent six years working at an investment management company initially as an intern and later as a sales representative.
Beth earned her BS in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont.
John Hamel
Office Manager
John Hamel joined Investure in April 2008. Prior to Investure, John worked as the Program Manager for the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education’s Journey through the Universe program, an Earth and space science education program that reaches students, teachers and families in communities across the country.
John earned his B.S. in psychology from Virginia Tech.
Alice Handy
Founder and President, co-CIO
Alice Handy founded Investure in December 2003. In addition to overall firm responsibilities, she serves as the Co-Chief Investment Officer and is responsible for investment strategy and policy. Prior to founding Investure, Alice spent 29 years managing the Endowment of the University of Virginia. She started as the first Investment Officer, later became Treasurer, and finally President of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company. Alice began her career as a Bond Portfolio Manager and Assistant Vice President at the Travelers Insurance Company. She also served as State Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Virginia from October 1988 to January 1990.
Alice currently serves on the Boards of Bessemer Securities Corporation and MSCI Barra and is the Chairman of the Board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Alice earned her BA, cum laude from Connecticut College and took graduate courses in economics at the University of Virginia.
Jon Hill
Director, Real Assets
Jon Hill joined Investure in April 2004. Prior to Investure, Jon worked at Merrill Lynch from 2001 to 2003 as a Senior Specialist where he developed statistical data mining software and assisted in the use of risk metrics for the Global Private Client group.
Jon earned his BS in systems engineering and his BA in economics from Virginia Tech, an Investment Banking Certificate from NYU and completed some coursework in the economics PhD program at the University of Virginia.
Bingham Jamison
Analyst
Bingham Jamison joined Investure in June 2007. Prior to Investure, Bingham worked as a Financial Analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center following a four-year commitment as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Bingham earned his BS with concentrations in finance and management from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
J. Bradley Kipp
Corporate Controller
Bradley Kipp joined Investure in August 2009. Prior to Investure, Bradley was a Corporate and Investment Banking Associate in Scotia Capital’s Energy Group. Before joining Scotia, Bradley was a Financial Analyst in Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Group.
Bradley earned his BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University and his MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Lori Lawson
Executive Assistant to Alice Handy
Lori Lawson joined Investure in June 2006. Prior to Investure, Lori worked at The Investment Fund for Foundations from 1997 to 2006 in various roles including Member Services, Administration Department Head, and Special Projects Manager.
Lori earned her BA in psychology from the University of Virginia.
Leigh Legg
Executive Assistant
Leigh Martin joined Investure in December 2009. Prior to Investure, Leigh worked as an account manager for Southern Wine and Spirits in Denver, CO and Glazer’s in Lafayette, LA. Leigh earned her BS in General Studies with a concentration in Psychology and Business from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Ted Meissner
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Ted Meissner joined Investure in November 2004 and manages all the operating functions of Investure. He is also the Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to Investure, Ted worked for Summit Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, as Vice President and Corporate Controller, responsible for all aspects of accounting, tax, treasury, budgeting and forecasting. Before joining Summit Partners, Ted was a Vice President of Finance at Thomson Financial and a Finance Manager at Staples, Inc. Ted began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in the audit division.
Ted earned his BBA in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the Boston University Graduate School of Management.
Ellen Meyer
Client Relations Analyst
Ellen Meyer joined Investure in September 2007. Prior to Investure, Ellen owned and operated an event production company.
Ellen earned her BA in Business Administration from James Madison University.
Bruce Miller
Managing Director
Bruce Miller joined Investure in April 2004 and manages investments in the private asset classes including venture capital, buyouts, and real estate. Prior to Investure, Bruce was a Partner at Carmel Partners, a real estate private equity partnership, where he was responsible for investments in the Northern California region. Before joining Carmel, Bruce was the Vice President of Corporate Development for iMediation, a global software company. Prior to that, Bruce worked at Intel Capital where he was responsible for strategic equity investments in software and internet businesses. Earlier in his career, Bruce worked at Ryland Group and Trammell Crow where he held various operating and investment roles.
Bruce earned his BA in economics from the University of Virginia and his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was the Trammell Crow fellow.
Chad Morgan
Director, Private Investments
Chad Morgan joined Investure in April 2008. Prior to joining Investure, Chad was the Director of Investments for the University System of Maryland Foundation, Inc. Before working for the Foundation, he spent three and a half years at Frontier Capital, a private equity firm in Charlotte, NC. Prior to Frontier he was a Vice President at Lattice Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds, and an Associate at SG Cowen & Co. in the Corporate Finance group, both in San Francisco. He was also an Analyst in the High Yield group at NationsBanc Montgomery Securities.
Chad holds a BA from Davidson College and an MBA from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business.
Mary Page
Document Manager
Mary Page joined Investure in May 2010 after working as a consultant for Investure since 2005. Prior to Investure, Mary worked at both the University of Virginia and University of Michigan investment offices as an investment analyst where she was involved in both fixed income and real estate asset classes as well as handling employee mortgage programs. Mary earned her BS in Economics from the University of Michigan. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.
Oliver Platts-Mills
Client Relations Analyst
Oliver Platts-Mills joined Investure in August 2008. Prior to joining Investure, Oliver was a research analyst for the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems at UVA.
Oliver earned his BA in Environmental Science from Wesleyan University in 2001 and is finalizing course work for his MS in systems engineering from the University of Virginia.
Lois Reed
Accountant
Lois Reed joined Investure in December 2006. Prior to Investure, Lois worked at Enhanced Investment Strategies, LLC where she held various responsibilities including back office and client relations duties. Before joining Enhanced Investment Strategies, Lois owned her own business.
Lois earned her BBA with a concentration in accounting from James Madison University.
Josh Smith
Analyst
Josh Smith joined Investure in August 2008. Prior to joining Investure, Josh was an Investment Banking Analyst in Corporate Finance for RBC Capital Markets’ Real Estate Investment Banking division. Prior to RBC, Josh also worked for Prudential Financial and Smith Barney Investment Services.
Josh earned his BS in Business Management with Concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the Georgia Institute of Technology in May 2007.
Tom Stack
Associate
Tom Stack began working for Investure as an Intern in May 2006.
Tom joined the firm as an analyst in June 2007 after completing his BS in Mathematics from the University of Virginia.
Barrett Strausser
Technology Analyst
Barrett Strausser joined Investure in January of 2010. He holds a B.S in mathematics as well as Master of Engineering from the Dept of Systems and Information Engineering at the Univ. of Virginia, where he was also a PhD student.
Clay Thomson
Director, Public Investments
Clay Thomson joined Investure in September 2008. Prior to joining Investure, Clay was a Vice President for Banc of America Capital Investors where he assisted in the management of a $1.5 billion fund. Before working for Banc of America, he spent three years at H.I.G. Capital, a middle market private equity fund in San Francisco. Prior to H.I.G. Capital, he was an Investment Banking Analyst for J.P. Morgan.
Clay holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hance West
Managing Director, co-CIO
Hance West joined Investure in January 2004.He serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer and manages fixed income investments. Prior to Investure, Hance was a Director for the University of Virginia Investment Management Company from 2000 to 2003. Hance was responsible for the fixed income portion of the University’s endowment fund and various operating accounts as well as having joint responsibility for the University’s hedge fund portfolio. He was previously employed as Executive Vice President of Portfolio Management at Dynex Capital where he was in charge of portfolio management and securitization activity. Prior to working at Dynex Capital, he served as Co-Head of Fixed Income for Mentor Investment Group, where he was responsible for all institutional accounts.
Hance currently serves on the Board of the Virginia Tech Foundation and the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System.
Hance earned his BS in accounting from Virginia Tech and his MBA from Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.
Karen Zimet
Accountant
Karen Zimet joined Investure in November 2005. Prior to Investure, Karen worked as the Chief Financial Officer for Prince Michel, LLC, one of the three largest wineries in Virginia. Before joining Prince Michel, Karen worked as a public auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP in Boston where she specialized in Financial Services.
Karen earned her BS with a concentration in accounting from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. She is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.