Common Fund

President and CEO of CF Private Equity and head of its buyout and growth equity practice, overseeing the firm's private markets strategies. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank and DB Capital Partners.

Ander Gonzalez is Chief of Staff at Orbit Ventures, joining in January 2025 to support the firm's international expansion and work with the General Partner on partnerships and operations across emerging markets. He has worked in the entrepreneurship ecosystem since 2018 through the Mondragon Team Academy network and the LEINN degree, and previously served as International Trade Manager at the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Shanghai and as a consultant with the European Union Trust Fund for Colombia. He has also pursued entrepreneurial ventures in Spain and South Korea.

Head of Global Venture Capital at CF Private Equity, responsible for the venture capital platform and venture growth direct investments, with prior investment banking experience at Lazard, Barclays, and Lehman Brothers.

Senior leader on the Commonfund OCIO investment team responsible for designing and implementing custom client investment solutions and asset allocation; a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Heads secondaries and co-heads real assets and sustainability at CF Private Equity, overseeing origination, structuring and portfolio management of secondary and real asset strategies. He joined CFPE in 2007.

Head of CF Private Equity Business Development, leading a team managing private market mandates across institutional client types. He previously worked at QS Investors and Deutsche Asset Management.

Director of Finance and Investments with 10+ years in finance controllership, investor relations, and M&A. Previously worked at startups Practically and NephroPlus, and at Wells Fargo and Anthelio Healthcare Solutions; a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.

Leads Commonfund Institute research initiatives including its benchmark studies and educational offerings, focusing on strategic partnerships and thought leadership.

Member of the Commonfund Institute team who co-leads work on the Higher Education Price Index and contributes to benchmarking studies, research and policy insights; a former economic policy researcher.

Head of Operations overseeing operational and investor services for OCIO clients and fund investors, having held roles across Commonfund's operations, client service, and IT groups.

President and CEO of Commonfund Securities and Head of Client Engagement for Commonfund OCIO, having held roles across investor services, operations, and client relationships at Commonfund.

Supports Commonfund Institute activities including benchmark studies, DEI initiatives, and governance and ESG research, with a prior background in event planning and account coordination.

Oversees risk management, operations, IT, investor services and the financial management of Commonfund, with prior experience at State Street Bank & Trust.

President Emeritus of Morehouse College and former dean of Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, and serves as Chair at Commonfund. He is a widely respected scholar of organizational change.

Leads Commonfund's human resources practice and chairs its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office, with prior HR leadership at Aquiline Capital Partners, Citigroup, and Smith Barney.

Executive Director of Commonfund Institute, leading its educational, thought partnership and professional development activities, with prior experience at the John A. Hartford Foundation and US Trust/Bank of America.

Independent board director and former Partner and Head of Strategy and Investor Relations at Kohlberg & Co., with prior capital formation leadership roles at Carlyle, Onex, and Credit Suisse.

CIO of Commonfund OCIO overseeing a diversified global investment program for nonprofit clients. She was previously Deputy CIO at Tulane University's endowment and an investment officer at a family office; a CAIA charterholder.

Professor of Business at Columbia Business School specializing in asset pricing and behavioral finance, with prior senior investment roles at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group and co-founding member of the DGA Group, with extensive experience across financial services, international business, and U.S. government policy.

Partner at Oak Hill Capital and independent director of several companies including Commonfund, with prior senior roles at Credit Suisse Asset Management and DLJ in private equity and venture capital.

General Counsel and Secretary of Commonfund with extensive transactional and litigation experience, formerly a partner at Orrick and general counsel of two investment management firms; also a longtime military JAG officer.

Former Vice President and CIO of the MacArthur Foundation for 22 years, with earlier CIO roles at Boeing and Ameritech; a CFA charterholder.

Leads Commonfund OCIO, which manages custom investment solutions for nonprofit institutions with more than $20 billion in assets, and was a founding member of the OCIO platform in 2003.

Chaired professor of finance at the Yale School of Management and a principal at AQR Capital Management, recognized with the Fischer Black Prize and other finance research honors.

Daniel Osorio Peña is the Founding GTM Lead at Fronte, an early-stage fintech platform focused on helping households coordinate cross-border financial obligations. His background spans investment banking, private equity, startup growth, and venture capital in Latin America, including leading a BNPL launch at a Y Combinator-backed startup that reached $128K in monthly GMV. He was the first on-the-ground hire for a $60M emerging-markets venture capital fund, where he supported more than 10 portfolio companies on fundraising and growth.

Co-founder and Managing Partner of DCVC (Data Collective), leading the firm's franchise of funds.