ANNUAL DINNER

Doug Jackman, CFA
Thomas White International
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Chris Miceika, CFA
PNC
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Chris is a market director with PNC Institutional Asset Management®, leading a team of experienced client service and sales professionals. His team members are responsible for sales, implementation, ongoing client services, and providing innovative and effective asset management solutions to both prospects and clients.
Prior to joining PNC, Chris held various roles in Investment Management with Commonfund, Russell Investments, FactSet Research Systems, and Simplex Investments.
Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Science in finance and operations management from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Chris holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations. He also holds the FINRA Series 7, 63, and 24 licenses. Chris serves as a board member with Erie Neighborhood House and Associated Colleges of Illinois. Additionally, Chris is part of the CFA Society Chicago Annual Dinner.
Committee and the United Way of Metro Chicago Campaign Cabinet.
CFA WOMEN’s NETWORK

Deborah Eades, CFA
Vedder Price P.C.
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Deborah Bielicke Eades has been a a shareholder in the Investment Services Group of Vedder Price P.C. since 1999. Prior to joining Vedder Price P.C., Ms. Eades served as in house counsel at Janus Capital (now known as Janus Henderson). Ms. Eades has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry representing closed-end funds, open-end funds and asset management firms with a particular focus on complex fund and adviser transactions, product development and design, and regulatory and compliance matters. Ms. Eades is a CFA and has earned the Certificate in ESG Investing.

Emily Hahn
Aon
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Emily Hahn is an Investment Consultant at Aon. She is a member of the U.S. Fixed Income Research Team and specializes in manager research. Areas of coverage include structured assets across the capital spectrum, investment grade multi sector fixed income strategies across the curve, and investment grade private credit. She has a background in manager investment research across the different asset classes, day-to-day treasury management with derivatives and interest rates, and wealth management and investment compliance.
Emily is a member of DE&I committees with Aon Investments. Currently, she is the Co-Chair of CFA Chicago’s Women Networking Group and active engaged member in Women Investment Professionals (WIP). She is finishing up a MS of Finance at Johns Hopkins University and will be graduating Spring 2024. She is also a CFA candidate. Emily graduated Magna Cum Laude from Samford University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance.
COMMUNICATIONS

Doug McGraw, CFA
Morningstar
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Doug McGraw, CFA is currently a Portfolio Manager within Morningstar Investment Management’s Multi-Asset team, where he additionally serves as the Americas Equity Asset Class lead.
McGraw began his investment career analyzing investments and advising Trust Department clients at the First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio. He sat for the first two CFA exams during this time and suspected that his longer-term career path involved stock analysis and/or equity portfolio management.
However, McGraw answered a call for service and travel, joining the US Peace Corps as a Volunteer in Ukraine. After two-plus years as a Volunteer, he recruited for the Peace Corps in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Following grad school, McGraw returned to the Investments world, joining Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) in New York, analyzing US Financial Services stocks. MSIM offered McGraw an opportunity to transfer to its London-based Global Value Equity team, where Doug worked as an analyst and Portfolio Manager. McGraw’s next move was to Invesco Perpetual in Henley-on-Thames, where he managed a Global Equity Income strategy, while retaining fundamental analysis responsibilities.
In 2013, McGraw joined Manulife Asset Management to manage a Global Core Equity strategy, and later a Global Equity Income strategy. Throughout his career as a Global Equity Portfolio Manager, McGraw has served clients worldwide, in Institutional, Intermediary, and Retail channels.
Before joining Morningstar Investment Management, McGraw served as a management and investment consultant in the Asset Management industry.
McGraw earned a BS in Business from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He has been a CFA charter holder since 2003. He earned the Fundamentals of Sustainable Accounting (FSA) Credential from SASB in 2020.
Jeff Tryka, CFA
Lambert & Co.
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EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP

Blaine E. Reed, CFA, AFM
Tall Tree Investment Management, LLC.
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Blaine E. Reed is a co-founder and partner at Tall Tree Investment Management, LLC., a Chicago based CLO manager. He is a Portfolio Manager responsible for secondary market analysis and trading.
Prior to co-founding Tall Tree, Mr. Reed was a Senior Associate in the Senior Loan Group at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) where he was responsible for providing secondary market analysis and trading. Prior to managing the loan trading function, Mr. Reed was responsible for managing short-term investment within the retail loan funds managed by the Senior Loan Group. Prior to joining the Senior Loan Group, he worked in various operational and service capacities for MSIM. Mr. Reed received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Houston. Mr. Reed is a CFA charterholder. He also holds the Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM) designation.

Moniqe Thanos, CFA
Lukka
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Monique Thanos, PhD, CFA, FRM, is a Director at Lukka working in crypto. Previously, she led quantitative research groups in traditional finance, developing and managing investment portfolio strategies and also working in risk management. Her expertise spans across multiple asset classes and areas of finance from working in different financial services companies like Kabouter Management, AIG, Ronin Capital and US Bancorp. She is also a Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches topics in finance related to artificial intelligence and crypto. Before starting her career in finance, she worked towards her physics doctorate degree at Fermi National Laboratory. Monique is a CFA chartholder and holds the Financial Risk Manager certification.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

Arthur Olunwa, CFA
PNC
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Arthur Olunwa, CFA is an executive in the institutional investment management industry with extensive experience as an asset allocation and portfolio manager. He is currently an Outsourced Chief Investment Office – Investment Market Director at PNC Institutional Asset Management. He manages all aspects the investment for some of the firm’s largest OCIO, Corporate, Endowment and Foundation clients.
Prior to PNC, he was head of credit and senior portfolio manager within Exelon Corporation’s $42 billion Investment Office in Chicago. He oversaw all aspects of the investment office’s $17 billion credit investment program including the management and implementation of the platform’s LDI program. He was also responsible for the asset allocation, strategy and manager selection for the Exelon Foundation.
Prior to joining Exelon, Arthur worked at J.P. Morgan Asset Management for more than a decade in a variety of roles in London and New York, the last of which was portfolio manager within the Global Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities team based in New York. Before joining J.P. Morgan, he was a multi-asset portfolio manager and management accountant at Jupiter Asset Management in London, England.
Arthur holds a B.Sc (Honors) in Business Economics from the University of East London, England. He is a qualified accountant and fellow at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA societies of New York and Chicago. He also sits on a number of committees at the CFA society – Chicago.
Outside of the work, he is a mentor and partner at Youth Guidance, Becoming A Man (BAM) – where he mentors inner city young men of colour in Chicago and the Economic awareness council – where he helps mentor and teach high school students about finance and investments. He also partners with a number of African based/focused charities that provide healthcare to underprivileged families on the continent.

James Mohan, CFA
Mercer
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Jim Mohan is an Investment Consultant with Mercer based in the Chicago Office. His primary focus is on providing direct support to clients and consultants, specifically not-for-profit relationships in the U.S. Jim joined Mercer in 2021 and has fifteen years of investment experience.
Prior to joining Mercer, Jim founded the ESG advisory and implementation firm DuPage Investment consultants in 2020. Prior to DuPage, Jim spent two years as a relationship manager at Christian Brothers Investment Services. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from DePaul University. He is a CFA charterholder and holds his CIPM. Jim is an active member of the CFA Society – Chicago, contributing as a Co-Chair of the Distinguished Speakers Series advisory group and member of the Annual Dinner advisory group. Jim also volunteers his time teaching financial literacy to underserved youth with Cents Ability.
MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

Lisa Radomski, CFA
Morgan Stanley
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Lisa Radomski is a Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. She provides comprehensive wealth management services to high net worth individuals and their families. Lisa has been a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley since 2001.
Prior to this, Lisa worked in a variety of finance roles at Bank of America from 1985 to 2001. She began her time at Bank of America as Manager of SEC Reporting in San Francisco and also held roles in Financial Planning for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Division (EMEA), Bank Credit and Corporate Relationship Management in London. Lisa began her professional life with Price Waterhouse, where she worked from 1979 to l985. She rose from first year Auditor to Audit Manager.
Lisa earned the right to use the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2000. She holds a CPA license, currently non-practicing, originally issued by the State of California in January 1983. Lisa holds FINRA licenses 7, 31, and 66 and Insurance licenses in several states.
Lisa is a 1979 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, OH. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.

Nicole Mann, CFA
Northern Trust
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As Head of Business Operations, Nichole is responsible for managing a set of key functions to ensure successful administration of Front Office Solutions, including: Operations Data Governance & Controls, Risk Compliance & Policy
Development, Data Analysis & Reporting, Billing & Accruals, and Client & Vendor Agreement Management.
Prior to recently joining Northern Trust, Nichole has been employed by several US based private hedge funds where she managed Business Unit Control, Valuation Control and Documentation, Operational Risk Management, and Financial
Reporting and Management. She formerly served as a Vice President with Morgan Stanley in the Controllers Department focused on Credit Derivatives and Structured Credit Products.
Nichole holds a BS in Finance from University of Delaware and is a CFA Charterholder.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Jeff Feeney, CFA
Busey Wealth Management
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Jeff Feeney is a Family Office Executive for Busey Wealth Management. He Joined in 2022 and is responsible for supporting and building out the group’s family office initiative.
Jeff has a diverse background with over 30 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining Busey, Jeff was a Director and Head of Performance Reporting Operations at UBS. He managed three reporting teams within UBS’s Global Wealth Management segment. Before UBS, Jeff also worked at Northern Trust for 14 years and had a series of roles as a Product Manager in the Global Family Office segment, a Division Manager and Head of the Correspondent Trust Services client segment and was the North America Head of the Investment Risk and Analytics Services Group. Jeff began his career in the futures industry at Citigroup Futures and held several progressive roles within the firm.
Jeff received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Illinois State University. He is a CFA charterholder and is co-chair of the CFA Society Chicago’s Professional Development Advisory Group.

Matt Brackmann, CFA
Perritt Capital Management
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Matt Brackmann, CFA, is a portfolio manager for Perritt Capital Management where he is actively involved in idea generation and company research in the microcap equities market. He is also responsible for overseeing the firm’s trading desk and managing relationships with sell-side brokerage firms. He is an Investment Advisor Representative and received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa in 2004 and has been with Perritt for the entirety of his career. Matt has been awarded a CFA charter and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Chicago.
SOCIAL EVENTS

Koray Yesilli, CFA
William Blair
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Koray Yesilli, CFA, is an Associate on the Global Industrials team at William Blair Investment Management.
Before joining Blair, Koray was an FP&A Lead at Getir, US. Getir is an ‘ultra-fast’ grocery delivery company founded in Turkey. Prior to Getir, Koray worked at Taris Real Estate as a Financial Analyst and Investment Manager, and at Pecunia Investment Fund S.A.C.—Taris Real Estate, Luxembourg as a Portfolio Manager. He has also held positions at Sente Advisory Service and Club 9 Sports.
Koray has his Master of Science in Finance and Computational Finance from DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. He has his Bachelor of Science in Energy & Process Technology from the Berlin Institute of Technology. He is a CFA Charterholder since August 2021.

Neil Zhang , CFA
UBS
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Neil is an Associate Director at Multi-Managers Real Estate (MMRE), an indirect real estate investment business which forms part of Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) within UBS Asset Management (UBS AM). MMRE manages 3 of the 5 largest real estate multi-manager funds globally and has been a market leader and innovator in indirect real estate investing since 2007.
With portfolio management experience covering the world’s largest multi-manager real estate funds, Neil is responsible for various MMRE funds and separate account mandates and primarily underwrites private equity real estate core funds, debt funds, and non-fund investment opportunities. As an MMRE IT Stakeholder Representative, Neil prioritizes strategic infrastructure initiatives and advises a dedicated Scrum IT team in Switzerland.
Prior to joining UBS in 2017, Neil was an Applied Research Intern at Aegon USA Realty Advisors, a real estate asset management and service firm, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Neil is a member of UBS-AM Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) and Recruitment & Internal Mobility (R&M) working groups. He liaises with HR and business teams to improve human capital management practices.