ILPA Summit Committee

Kevin McDowell is a Director of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, an independent corporation that administers the pension plans, endowment assets and government assets in the province of Alberta, Canada. Kevin is responsible for the external fund portion of the private equity program. Kevin joined AIMCo in 2021. Prior to that Kevin was a co-head of the private equity program at ATRF, which he joined in 2014. Prior to joining ATRF, Kevin was a Senior Principal at Alberta Investment Management Corporation. He worked at AIMCo for 14 years, most recently in the private equity team for over 8 years and before that with the external public equity team for over 5 years. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta, an M.B.A. from the University of Alberta and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a Board member for the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

Claudia Baron originally joined PPM America, Inc. ("PPMA") in 1993, at which time she was responsible for all investment systems for PPMA, as well as coordinating information sharing and reporting with the parent company in London. In 1995, Claudia began working for the leveraged finance group and later the private equity group, underwriting both debt and equity investments. In 1999, Claudia left PPMA to pursue operational roles, including CFO of a technology company and CEO/GM of a winery in Northern California. In 2008, Claudia rejoined PPMA as a Partner in PPMA's Private Equity Team, focusing on its Private Equity Fund of Funds portfolio. She is responsible for the Private Equity Fund of Funds team and is responsible for monitoring the Private Equity Fund of Funds portfolio, as well as seeking new Fund opportunities. Claudia has numerous Fund Advisory Board seats. Claudia has an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Finance/MIS from the University of Illinois.

As the Director of Alternative Investments, John is responsible for all alternative asset classes including: private equity, real estate, private credit, and alternative investments, totaling over $30 billion of assets. Prior to assuming this role in 2014, Mr. Hershey was responsible for the day-to-day management of the Alternatives Portfolio and Opportunity Portfolio for the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF). With assets of approximately $75 billion, OPERF was recently ranked as one of the 25 largest pension funds in the U.S. Before joining Oregon State Treasury in February 2008, Mr. Hershey was a venture capitalist and a technology investment banker. John has a BA in Economics from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Dennis A. Montz, CFA serves as Managing Director and Director of Private Investments, at Sentinel Trust Company, L.B.A., a Houston-based multifamily office specializing in complex, multi-generational planning and investing in growth. Mr. Montz manages six proprietary private equity funds of funds, which includes sourcing, performing due diligence independently and with consultants, and monitoring limited partner investments in venture capital, corporate finance, and real estate funds. He joined Sentinel after serving as vice president of finance/treasury for Amedisys, a public home-health company, where he managed cash investments and bank relationships as well as worked on a $125 million secondary equity offering. Previously, Mr. Montz worked at AIG in New York where he reviewed limited partner investments for private equity funds of funds and direct investments for AIG-sponsored funds on behalf of the Chief Investment Officer and managed fixed income portfolios. Prior to that, he served as an investment officer for Global Partner Ventures, a private equity fund investing in defense conversion joint ventures in the former Soviet Union. Mr. Montz started his business career at Price Waterhouse management consulting on privatization in the former Soviet Union. Mr. Montz earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree from Georgetown University, an MBA from Tulane University, and both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.

Scott is a Managing Director and member of the investment committee of M&G Alternatives, where he oversees a global (ex-US) private equity portfolio of funds, secondaries, and co-investments. Before joining M&G Private Funds Investment, Scott was an Investment Director of Parish Capital Advisors. Scott was subsequently a Principal at StepStone Group following its acquisition of Parish Capital. Scott began his career as a financial analyst at the investment bank of Robertson Stephens & Company in San Francisco before moving to London in 2000 with its private equity affiliate, BancBoston Capital. Scott has a BBA from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Scott is also certified as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).