International
Women in Private Markets Summit North America 2024
15 - 16 May 2024,
New York
Showcasing diverse talent across private markets
The worlds’ leading diversity event focused on alternatives; the Women in Private Markets Summit is returning to New York in May 2024. Join over 500 attendees from across the world for an unrivalled networking opportunity.
The inaugural Women in Private Markets Summit: North America will focus on Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt . All registered attendees will have access to the four forums, allowing you to build your network across alternative asset classes.
Testimonials from London attendees
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time for networking and engaging with other participants. Highly recommended.
What can you expect at the Summit?
Hear from industry leaders
Learn how leading experts are actively addressing diversity within their own businesses and those they work with. Understand how investor allocations are changing across private markets, what trends leading fund managers are seeing across their asset classes, why secondaries continue to boom, and much more.
Build your cross-asset class network
Connect with industry participants across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, an evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.
Meet institutional investors
Hear from investors who are looking to increase their exposure to private markets and benefit from our expansive global investor community. Previous investors include Allstate Investment, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits Fund and Pension Protection Fund.
Attendees from our London event include
Connect with private market professionals
Apply for a complimentary institutional investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.
Our leading advisory board in 2023

Kemi-Christina Abdul
Managing Director, BlueHaven

Alisa Amarosa Wood
Partner, KKR

Heidi Boyd
Senior Managing Director- Infrastructure, Blackstone

Gila Cohen
Managing Director & Head of Global Institutional Partnerships, Monroe Capital

Jennifer Hartviksen
Managing Director, Global Credit, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

Kim Hourihan
CIO, CBRE Investment Management

Dana Johns
Senior Portfolio Manager, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Cari Lodge
Managing Director, Commonfund Capital

Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Irene Mavroyannis
Global Co-Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, Partners Group (USA) Inc.

Adrienne Saunders
Senior Managing Director-General Counsel, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

Katherine Taylor
Managing Director

Leslie Vargas
Senior Portfolio Manager, Resolution Life US

Elizabeth Weymouth
Founder & Managing Partner, Grafine Partners
View the key conversation topics
The Women in Private Markets Summit: North America will take place on 15-16 May 2024
For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893
Build your network across private markets
Join 500+ attendees in June 2023 and connect with institutional investors, fund managers, as well as the wider private markets community for two days of learning and networking. This year’s summit will once again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt Forums. Attendees will have access to all four forums.
The in-person networking experience
Cross-asset class network
Learn from and meet with practitioners from across private markets with an agenda covering all the topics impacting alternatives. Networking breaks take place together and delegates can move freely between individual forums.
Build connections
The agenda is curated to enhance networking opportunities with small group discussions. There will be interactive working groups, breakfast think tanks, roundtable discussions, cocktail receptions and a seated networking lunch.
Meet global investors
Attendees in 2023 included over 100 investors from Japan Post Bank, GIC, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, Pension Protection Fund, Allstate Investment, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits Fund and many more.
Previous attendees for our Europe event included
Testimonials from previous attendees
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time for networking and engaging with other participants. Highly recommended.
Pre-Event Resources
2023 speakers
For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893

Kemi-Christina Abdul
Managing Director, BlueHaven

Zaynah Ahmed
Vice President, Senior Infrastructure Debt Strategist, BlackRock

Huda Al Lawati
Founder, Aliph Capital

Emily Anderson
Managing Director and Head of Sponsor Coverage, Union Square Advisors

John Anderson
Global Head Corporate Finance & Infrastructure, Manulife

Jazmyne Archer
Assistant Director, Partner Relations, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

Ashli Aslin
Senior Analyst Real Assets and Infrastructure, Albourne

Ruulke Bagijn
Head of Global Investment Solutions, Carlyle

Julia Bell
Chief Commercial Officer, Clean Capital

Mona Benisi
Executive Director, Head of Sustainability for Global Real Assets, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Peter Benson
Senior Reporter, PERE News

Zak Bentley
Americas Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Jennie Benza
Private Markets, General Electric Pension

Sarah Bittner
Director, PGIM Private Capital

Caroline Bliss
Executive Director, LGT Capital Partners

Cassie Bowe
Partner, Energy Impact Partners

Heidi Boyd
Senior Managing Director- Infrastructure, Blackstone

Tiernan Brady
Global Director of Inclusion, Clifford Chance

Jennifer Brown
Partner & Global Head of Consultant Relations, Adams Street Partners

Amy Buckner Chowdhry
Founder & CEO, Answerlab

Valentina Burger-Jiménez
Vice President, DigitalBridge

Nicole Byrns
Formerly, CPPIB America

Lan Cai
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, The Pension Boards United Church of Christ

Liz Campbell
Managing Director, Co-Head of Primaries , Portfolio Advisors

Tanya Carmichael
Founder, Roxborough Advisory

Sweta Chanda
Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy, Monroe Capital

Eunice Chapon
Director of Operations and Business Development, BrightEdge/American Cancer Society

Christie Chen
Director of Investments, Oxford Properties Group

Elaine Chim
Managing Director, Global Head of Closed Products, Apex Group

Maila Chuong
Director, Head of Capital Markets, Senior Credit, Manulife Investment Management

Gila Cohen
Managing Director & Head of Global Institutional Partnerships, Monroe Capital

Maggie Coleman
Managing Partner, Private Capital Advisory, Real Assets, Sera Global

Colleen Collins
Managing Director, Blue Owl Capital

Laura Craft
Global Strategy & Investment ESG, Heitman

Janice Daly
Head of Sustainable Markets, Financial Services Advisory, Grant Thornton CFA

Nadia Damouni
Partner, Prosek Partners

Meggie Daoust
Senior Director, Capital Solutions, CDPQ

Sunita Das
Partner, AlixPartners

Stephanie Strid Davis
Co-Head of U.S. Private Wealth Solutions, Hamilton Lane

Anna Dayn
Managing Partner, New End

Merche Del Valle
Former Chief Talent and HR Officer

Leah Dillon
Chief Operating Officer, Alliance Global Advisors

Tzvete Doncheva
Investor Relations Lead, PropTech1 Ventures

Julie Donegan
Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS

Griffin Edwards
Principal, Apollo Global Management

Danielle Even
Principal, Real Estate Investments, GCM Grosvenor

Joan Fang
Principal, Ares Management

Marianna Fassinotti
Head of Private Credit, The D. E. Shaw Group

Leticia Ferreras Astorqui
Director, Allianz Global Investors

Lucy Fletcher
Managing Director, Global Head Portfolio Management, QuadReal

Mary Kathleen Flynn
Editor-in-Chief, PE Hub, PEI Group

Bonnie Frank
Managing Director and Head of Private Investment and Enterprise Risk, Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Debra Franzese
Partner, Seward & Kissel

Michelle Gannot
Principal, Head of Investment, Exigent Capital

Kathryn Gernert
Managing Director, Emerging Manager Program & Senior Portfolio Manager, Real Estate, Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation

Kirsten Hagen
Co-Founder & Partner, Brinley Partners

Laura Held
Partner, Shamrock Capital

Hillary Higgins
Managing Director, Stonepeak

Helen Hopkins
Senior Responsible Investment Analyst , USS Investment Management

Kim Hourihan
CIO, CBRE Investment Management

Michelle Jacobi
Managing Director, Gatewood Capital

Shamafa Khan
Managing Director | Marketing and Investor Relations, Crayhill Capital Management

Ingrid Kiefer
Partner and Chief Marketing Officer, Canyon Partners

Cara Killackey
Principal, Investor Relations, I Squared Capital

Kelly Labritz
Partner, Clifford Chance

Lynn LaChapelle
Managing Director, Capital Markets, JLL

Raelan Lambert
Global Alternatives Leader, Mercer

Mary Lang
Head of Americas Direct Logistics Strategies and Portfolio Manager, CBRE Investment Management

Kate Laurence
General Partner and CEO, Bloccelerate VC

Danielle Lemberg
Counsel, Seward & Kissel

Kathryn Liao
Managing Principal, Private Equity Group, Allstate

Matthew Lipton
Co-Head of Infrastructure Investment Research, Partners Group

Colleen Longobardi
Managing Director, Audax Private Debt

Laurie Mahon
Former Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Karen Mahrous
Senior Vice President, Head of ESG, Clarion Partners

Genevieve Maltais-Boisvert
Managing Director, DigitalBridge

Isabelle Martin
Head of Strategic Partnerships, United States and Latin America, Ivanhoé Cambridge

Jenetta Mason
Managing Director, Kroll

Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, ONEX

Lane McDonald
Managing Director, Strategy & Operations, OMERS

Pamela McKoin
Assistant Director of Real Estate, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

Johnathan Medina
Global Head of DE&I, Macquarie Asset Management

Lacey Mehran
Managing Director, VSS Capital Partners

Sheryl Mejia
Managing Partner, Steward Asset Management

Sona Menon
Partner and Head of the North American Pension Practice, Cambridge Associates

Sophia Mullen
President, Head of Co-Investment Research, EnTrust Global

Heather Mutterperl
Principal- Real Estate, Investcorp

Claire Ngo
Managing Director, Private Equity Fund Investments, Temsasek

Michelle Noyes
Managing Director, Head of Americas, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)

Isabel O'Brien
Reporter, Americas, Infrastructure Investor

Colleen O'Connor
Senior Vice President, Leasing, East Coast and U.K. Markets, BioMed Realty

Bill O'Conor
Managing Director, Americas, PEI Group

Kristin Olson
Global head of the Alternative Capital Markets Group, Goldman Sachs

Margaret Osmulski
Principal, Ares Management

Alexa Oyague
Vice President, US Private Capital, BlackRock

Caroline Page
Partner, HighVista Strategies

Danielle Pal
Senior Associate, Onex

Mansi Patel
Managing Director, MetLife Investments Management

Marta Perez
Head of Americas, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Capital Partners

Chelsea Perino
Managing Director, Global Marketing and Communications, The Executive Centre

Lara Pollock
Associate, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Sharis Pozen
Regional Managing Partner, Americas, Clifford Chance

Jennifer Prosek
Founder and Managing Partner, Prosek Partners

Sylvia Qiu
Managing Director, CVC Capital Partners

Violeta Rabanal
Senior Director, Head of Corporate Development, Mitsubishi Power

Hallie Ransone
Managing Director, Liberty Mutual Investments

Jackie Rantanen
Head of Product Solutions, Hamilton Lane

Abigail Rayner
Principal, Real Assets, HarbourVest

Keren Raz
Senior Responsible Investment Manager, APG Asset Management

Hillary Ripley
Senior Director, Igeno Infrastructure Partners

Ellie Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Manna Tree Partners

Emma Russell
Principal, Argo Infrastructure Partners

Catherine Saunders
Managing Director, Benefit Street Partners

Tim Savage
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Schack Institute of Real

Hannah Schofield
Managing Director, DC Advisory

Fran Seegull
President, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Yokasta Segura-Baez
Managing Director, Investor Relations, ArcLight Capital Partners

Shari Sentner
Founding Partner & CEO, Wilrich Energy

Snehal Shah
Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Group

Jill Shaw
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Emily Shiau
Principal, Adams Street Partners

Jessica Springsteen
Partner, Clifford Chance

Alexandra Stanton
CEO and Founder, Empire Global Ventures

Corinne Still
Partner, Apollo Global Management

Joanne Taylor
Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners

Stephanie Thomes
Senior Insurance Investment Consultant, Mercer

Daphne Tong
Co-Head of Investments, WestCap

Patti Unti
Head of CRE Equity, Waterfall Asset Management

Marina Vannucci
Director of Private Equity, Swiss Re

Leslie Vargas
Senior Portfolio Manager, Resolution Life US

Bhavika Vyas
Managing Director, Stepstone

Elizabeth Weindruch
Managing Director, Barings

Julie Welinsky
Principal, Investcorp

Jessica Wichser
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Real Estate Asset Management, Partners Group

Lauren Winkler
Senior Director, ESG, The Green Cities Company

Dan Winters
Senior Director, GRESB

Julia Wittlin
Partner, RedBird Capital Partners

Aiyu Yuan Nicholson
Partner, StepStone Group

Iris Zhao-Fiorello
Head of Capital Formation and Investment Solutions, Castleforge

Jingcai Zhu
Co-Founding Partner and Head of Investor Relations, NewVest

Cosima Zoller
Principal, Ares Management

Sara Zulkosky
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Recast Capital
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2023 sponsors
Institutional Investors at the Women in Private Markets Summit: North America 2024
Women in Private Markets Summit: North America is the largest meeting place for institutional and private investors, and other members across alternative asset classes in North America.
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible institutional investors. Check out the benefits of joining the conference and who among your peers you will be joining. Apply for a complimentary pass for your or your team today.
What to expect at the summit?
Network with your peers
Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.
Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.
Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in emerging sectors including Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt, and Infrastructure.
Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with the biggest influencers in alternative asset classes.
Download the investor brochure to learn more.
What to expect on the event day
Connect with active investors
Apply for a complimentary institutional investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.