An authority on the Endowment Investment Model, Cathleen Rittereiser has risen to industry thought leadership as the co-author of the books "Foundation and Endowment Investing" and "Top Hedge Fund Investors", former Executive Director of the Commonfund Institute, and founder of the Uncorrelated ...more

An authority on the Endowment Investment Model, Cathleen Rittereiser has risen to industry thought leadership as the co-author of the books "Foundation and Endowment Investing" and "Top Hedge Fund Investors", former Executive Director of the Commonfund Institute, and founder of the Uncorrelated investor forums. She has educated nonprofit fiduciaries on the endowment model, governance, and alternatives at numerous industry conferences including AGB, NACUBO, Council on Foundations, SALT, Global ARC, AIMA, CAIA, Institutional Investor, and The Academy for Institutional Investors. Earlier in her career, she held investor relations and marketing roles with leading financial services firms and hedge fund complexes and began her career in the Merrill Lynch Corporate Intern Program. She received an A.B. from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.less