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D. Ellen Shuman

Ms. Shuman has been a member of our Board since 2017. Ms. Shuman has served as the Chair of the Investment Advisory Council of the State of Connecticut, to which she was appointed by Governor Ned Lamont, since May 2020. Since August 2013 until May 2020, Ms. Shuman was the Managing Partner of Edgehill Endowment Partners, an investment firm that manages the endowments of mission-based institutions. Prior to founding Edgehill Endowment Partners, Ms. Shuman served as Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York, a philanthropic foundation, from January 1999 to July 2011. Ms. Shuman served as the Director of Investments of the Yale Investment Office, which manages the endowment of Yale University, from 1986 to 1998. Ms. Shuman served as a trustee of Bowdoin College from 1992 to 2013. Ms. Shuman served as a director of Meristar Hospitality Corporation from 2001 until its take-private acquisition by Blackstone in 2006 and as a director of General American Investors from July 2004 through April 2013. Ms. Shuman received her Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Bowdoin College and a Master of Public and Private Management from the Yale University School of Management.

Ms. Shuman was selected to serve on our Board based on her experience in the management of investments for endowments and foundations.

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