2026 Speakers
* indicates SEO Alumnus
** indicates SEO Board Member
Keynote Speakers
Henry R. Kravis**
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
Philippe Laffont
Founder & Portfolio Manager
Coatue Management
SEO Reginald F. Lewis Award
Maryanne Hancock
Fireside Chat
Chief Executive Officer / Partner
Y Analytics / TPG
Kim Y. Lew
Award Recipient
President & Chief Executive Officer
Columbia Investment Management Company
Loida N. Lewis
Award Presenter
Chair & Chief Executive Officer
TLC Beatrice, LLC
Featured Speakers
Taj J. Clayton** *
Partner and Chairman of the Litigation & Trial Department in Texas
Latham and Watkins, LLP
Eric Doppstadt
Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
Ford Foundation
Hythem T. El-Nazer**
Co-Managing Partner
TA Associates
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.
Co-Founder
Trenches Capital Management
William Goodloe**
President & CEO
SEO
Leon Henderson, Jr.
Managing Director, Private Wealth Management, Global Sports & Entertainment Director
Morgan Stanley
Michelle Knudsen
Chief Investment Officer
New York University
Lane MacDonald
Chief Investment Officer
SCS Financial Services
Lorine Pendleton
Founder & Managing Partner
125 Ventures
Chavon Sutton*
Managing Director
Cambridge Associates
Panel Speakers
Mobi Ahmed
Managing Director
Centerbridge Partners
José Arredondo*
Managing Director
Warburg Pincus
Richard Bohny
Principal
Carlyle AlpInvest
Yue Bonnet*
Senior Managing Director & Head of Investments
Ariel Alternatives
Omaira Brightman
Partner
Amity Search Partners
Clauter Charleston
Head of Alternative Investment Private Wealth Specialists
Bank of America
Ibrahim Chaudry
Senior Vice President, Capital Formation
Oaktree Capital Management
Sarah Cherian
Director
Lexington Partners
Ian Chiu*
Managing Partner
Owl Ventures
Judy Chou
Senior Advisor, Credit Strategies
Cooper Family Office
Chris Clark
Managing Director & Associate Portfolio Manager
Onex
Shavonne Correia
Global Head of Investor Relations & Marketing
KPS Capital Partners
Shivani Dixit
Principal
Henkel Search Partners
Heather Faust
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Argand Partners
David Gelobter*
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Emerson Capital
Natalie Harvard
Head of Investor Relations & Partner
Oak Hill Advisors
Joseph Haslip
Managing Director
Valor Equity Partners
Nicholas Hecker
Executive Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer
Sculptor Real Estate
Stephen Henderson
Managing Director
Campbell Lutyens
Nick Hertlein
Managing Director
Stonepeak
Aaron Holiday
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
645 Ventures
Liz Huizenga
Principal, Secondary Investments
Adams Street Partners
William Im
Managing Director, Private Credit
Canyon Partners
Priya Kaftan
Head of Investor Relations & Product Strategy
Heard Capital
Ryan Lavin
Managing Director, TPG Client & Capital Formation
TPG
Marcus Lawrence
Business Unit Partner
TPG
Albert J. Lee
Senior Portfolio Manager
APG Asset Management US, Inc.
Peter Lupoff
Partner, Investments, Partnerships
Beatrice Advisors
Martha Masiarz
Director
Odyssey Search Partners
Rafael Mason*
Partner
Bain Capital
Patricia Miller Zollar
Managing Director
Neuberger Berman
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Office of New York City Comptroller
Josh Morris
Partner, Global Head of Real Estate
Davidson Kempner
Trey Muldrow
Partner
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP
Grishma Parekh*
Managing Director, Co-Head North American Core Senior Lending
HPS Investment Partners
Debbie Park Munfa
Partner, Head of Investor Relations
Recognize
David Perez
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Avance Investment Management
Kevin Reevey
Senior Research Analyst
Elizabeth Park Capital Management
Kathy Reiland
Investor
Integrum Holdings
Michael Rose
Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments
GCM Grosvenor
Federico Schiffrin
Partner & Co-Head of GP Solutions
Declaration Partners LP
Sengal Selassie
CEO & Founder
Brightwood Capital Advisors
Kirk Sims
Managing Director, Head of Emerging Manager Program
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Michael Stark
Partner
PJT Park Hill
Dev Subhash
Partner
StepStone Real Estate
Josh Swidler
Managing Director, Co-CIO - Credit
Reverence Capital Partners
Charlie Tafoya*
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Chronograph
Jarrid Tingle*
Managing Director
Harlem Capital
Joy Xu
Vice President
Carlyle AlpInvest
Benjamin Young
Managing Director & Head of Real Estate
Reverence Capital Partners
