4 Each year the ILPA Summit committee, comprised of both LPs and GPs, plays a critical role in the planning phase of our flagship event.This team cultivates the invitation list, recommends thematic content and ensures our event strategy reflects the most contemporary PE industry practices. AN INDUSTRY-DRIVEN PROCESS 2018 Committee Fabrizio Natale Senior Portfolio Manager Washington State Investment Board (Chair) Claudia Baron Partner, Head of Fund of Funds PPM America Capital Partners, LLC (Emerging Manager sub-committee) Fran Higgins Managing Director of Investor Relations Welsh, Carson,Anderson & Stowe Jackie Hoffmann Vice President and Investment Partner next47 Merritt Hooper Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations Ares Management Jim Rutherfurd Managing Director Pine Brook “I have been participating in the GP summit for 10 of the 13 years it has been held. It has become a ‘must attend’ event for GPs. The 50-minute meeting is by far the best format of any conference I have attended.The focused 1-on-1 time with LPs, and the quality of the LPs is very high.This is a great way to get in front of LPs, both those we know and those we don’t, efficiently." Jim Rutherfurd, Managing Director, Pine Brook