CIO Summit Agenda 

Date:  Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time:  7:45 AM - 5:30 PM ET 
Location:  New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park S, New York 10019
 

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Agenda timing subject to change.

7:45 AM  REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST, NETWORKING

8:30 AM  WELCOME 

8:40 AM  A Market Outlook: Peter Linneman, Principal & Founder, Linneman Associates


9:20 AM  The CIO Playbook 

  • Moderator: Joe Dowling, Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA)
  • Yup S. Kim, CIO, Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
  • Nickol Hackett (WCAS '92, KSM '97), CIO and Treasurer, The Joyce Foundation
  • Brian Neale, CIO, Nebraska University Foundation 


10:10 AM  NETWORKING BREAK   

10:45 AM  FIRESIDE CHAT: Frank Bruno (WG'96), CEO & CIO, Cerberus 
 

11:30 AM  PANEL SESSION: Searching for Liquidity in a DPI Desert

  • Jim Neary (KSM’92), Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity, Warburg Pincus
  • More speakers to be announced


12:15 PM  LUNCHEON & FIRESIDE CHAT:  Jamie Dinan (W'81), Founder, York Capital Management 


1:30 PM  NETWORKING BREAK 


2:15 PM  PANEL SESSION: Navigating Investing in the Changing VC Market: Megafunds, Seed Managers & More 

  • David Gilmore,  Chief Investment Officer, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
  • More speakers to be announced
     

3:00 PM  FIRESIDE CHAT: Sumant Mandal (KSM'00), Co-Founder & Managing Partner, March Capital

3:50 PM  CLOSING 

4:00 - 5:30 PM  COCKTAILS & NETWORKING RECEPTION 

Agenda timing subject to change.

Who is invited to register: Institutionally sized investors who are GPs (such as Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund, Single or Multi Family Offices) or LPs, (including SFO/MFO, Endowment, Foundation, Pensions or Sovereign Wealth Funds).  
 
  • Investment professionals from all schools are welcomed. A discounted rate is offered to qualifying Wharton/UPenn and Kellogg/Northwestern alumni.
     
  • LP scholarships are available to not-for-profit public pensions, foundations, and endowments. LPs will also submit an Invitation Request. 
     
  • QUESTIONS: Contact jsimons@wpevc.org
     
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Thank you to our Sponsors  


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Explore sponsorship opportunities of the 2025 CIO Summit. Contact Jen Simons, Executive Director, at jsimons@wpevc.org