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Daniel J. Kingston is a Managing Director of Investments at Morgan Creek Capital Management. Previous to joining Morgan Creek, Mr. Kingston was a Managing Director responsible for heading the portfolio management at Vulcan Capital, the family office investment vehicle for Microsoft founder Paul Allen in Seattle, WA. At Vulcan, Mr. Kingston was responsible for strategic and tactical asset allocation development for the investment portfolio, as well as all of Vulcan’s investments with external managers. Prior to managing Vulcan, Mr. Kingston was CIO at the Kauffman Foundation, a $2 billion non-profit where he was responsible for managing all aspects of the Foundation’s investment function. Prior to his family office and foundation experiences, Mr. Kingston was a Managing Director at the Stanford Management Company investing the endowment, and other University assets in Menlo Park, CA. In that post, he was responsible for the development and management of internal investment strategies for Stanford University’s investment portfolio. He first joined Stanford in 1990 after having spent time as a financial analyst with Hewlett-Packard Corporation's investment department. Mr. Kingston has direct experience in public equity, private equity, venture capital, real assets, alternative investments, and fixed-income areas. Before starting a career in investments, Mr. Kingston spent five years as an officer on active duty with the U.S. Coast Guard. Mr. Kingston holds a B.S. in Science from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kingston is a Chartered Financial Analyst and currently serves on the board of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation.