Current Leaders
Executive Committee
President: Amy Wierenga, Head of Financial & Model Risk, PNC Financial Services
Vice President: Edward Aw, Head of Quantitative Strategies, Bessemer Trust
Secretary: Kenneth Hightower, Director of Quantitative Analytics, East Rock Capital (former)
Treasurer: Jess Stauth, Chief Investment Officer, Systematic Equity, Fidelity
Immediate Past President: Pavel Vaynshtok, Portfolio Specialist, Jacobs Levy Equity Management
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Directors, Class of 2027
Christos Koutsoyannis, Chief Investment Officer, Atlas Ridge Capital
Drew Thornton, Head of Solutions Thought Leadership, Invesco
Reha Tutuncu, Head of Portfolio Research, Point72
Ingrid Tierens, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
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Directors, Class of 2026
Petter Kolm, Clinical Professor and Director of M.S. in Mathematics in Finance, NYU Courant
Andrew Chin, Head of Quantitative Research and Chief Data Scientist, AllianceBernstein
Peg DiOrio, Co-Head of Quantitative Equities, Voya Investment Management (former)
Matthew Rothman, Head of Statistical Arbitrage Strategies, Millennium Management
Yosef Zweibach, Chief Operating Officer, Quant Strategies, Walleye Capital
Ken D’Souza, Portfolio Manager, PGIM Quantitative Solutions
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Directors, Class of 2025
Lilian Quah, Head of Quantitative Research, Portfolio Manager, Epoch Investment Partners
Indrani De, Head of Global Investment Research, London Stock Exchange Group
Jim Gordon, Head of Quantitative Research and Risk Management, Equity, Federated Investors
Jason MacQueen, Director of Research, Smart Portfolio Strategies
John Regino, Executive Director, Business and Product Strategy, MSCI
Ben Steiner, General Manager, causaLens​
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Academic Advisory Board
Simona Abis, Columbia Business School
Nicholas Barberis, Yale University
Kent Daniel, Columbia University
Bryan Kelly, Yale University
Jeffrey Wurgler, New York University
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Honorary Board
Irina Bogacheva, Head of Multi-Asset Research, QS Investors
Michelle R. Clayman, New Amsterdam Partners, L.P.
Joel Kaplan, 1010 Data
Colm O'Cinneide, Head of Portfolio Construction, QS Investors
Inna Okounkova, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
Merav Ozair, NYU
E.K. Easton Ragsdale, Robeco Investment Management
Jonathan Reiss, Analytical Synthesis LLC
Rudi Schadt, INVESCO
Greg Van Inwegen, Global Head of Quantitative Research and Asset Allocation, Citigroup
Kenneth Winston, Western Asset Management
Viktor Ziskin, Co-Head, Beacon Banking
Past Presidents
Since 1988
Pavel Vaynshtok, 2023-2024
Christos Koutsoyannis, 2022-2023
Ken D’Souza, 2021-2022
Lilian Quah, 2020-2021
Erin Gibbs, 2019-2020
Kenneth N. Hightower, 2017-2019
Inna Okounkova, 2016-2017
Peg DiOrio, 2015-2016
Indrani De, 2014-2015
Sergei Polevikov, 2013-2014
Irina Bogacheva, 2012-2013
Peter Albanese, 2011-2012
Jonathan Reiss, CFA, 2010-2011
Colm O'Cinneide, 2009-2010
Rudi Schadt, 2008-2009
Ingrid Tierens, CFA, 2007-2008
Thomas K. Philips, 2006-2007
Anne-Sophie Van Royen, 2005-2006
Melanie Petsch, 2004-2005
P. Brett Hammond, 2003-2004
James Gordon, CFA, 2002-2003
Greg van Inwegen, 2001-2002
Eugene Flood, Jr., 2000-2001
Robert L. Hagin, 1999-2000
Kent A. Clark, CFA, 1998-1999
Kenneth Winston, 1997-1998
Gita R. Rao, 1996-1997
Hugh M. Neuberger, 1995-1996
Robert C. Jones, CFA, 1994-1995
Marcia Kramer Mayer, 1993-1994
Hugh L. Crowther, 1992-1993
Bruce G. Smith, 1991-1992
Everett J. Rutan III, CFA, 1990-1991
Michelle R. Clayman, CFA, 1989-1990
Eric T. Lobben, 1988-1989
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First 12 years of Committee (co) Chairs
We are missing information from 1978 - 1988! If you have any insights, please contact the SQA Office at admin@sqa-us.org
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Evan Schulman and Carol Zipkin, 1977-1978
Thomas Farquhar and Gil Hammer, 1976-1977
John Nagorniak and Susan Bondy, 1975-1976
Gilbert Beebower and Susan Fisher, 1974-1975
Alan Martin and Michael Kantor, 1973-1974
Frank Mlynarczyk and Ralph Verni, 1972-1973
Marty Leibowitz and Robert Ferguson, 1971-1972
Mark Steglitz, 1970-1971
Jack Treynor, 1969-1970
Jack Treynor, 1968-1969
Leslie Peck and Manwon Kisor, 1967-1968
Kenneth Hollister, Arthur W. Bullock, Stanley C. Chamberlin and Leslie Peck, 1966-1967