ELS24: Benchmarking Investment Performance

Ron Hromisin has been with Misericordia University since July 1994, joining Misericordia after six years in public accounting and two years in the private sector. As Misericordia’s associate vice president of finance, he oversees the day-to-day fiscal operations and investment funds of the university. Hromisin is also a representative on the university’s audit, finance, and investment committees and is a trustee of the university’s pension plans.

Hromisin graduated from King’s College with BS degrees in accounting and computers and information systems. He obtained his certified public accountant license from Pennsylvania and later an MS degree in finance from King’s College.

Ken Souza joined the USF Foundation in December of 2008. He had previously worked for the asset management arm of Fidelity Investments and in insurance portfolio investing for New York Life. As the Foundation’s senior director of investments, he oversees over $800 million in endowment and operating pool assets. This role includes leading investment initiatives, coordinating research with the Foundation’s investment consultant, conducting due diligence on current and prospective managers, and reporting to the Foundation’s investment committee.

Souza graduated from Merrimack College in 2000 and obtained an MBA from Suffolk University in 2005. Souza is also a certified treasury professional. Souza also serves on the advisory board for the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Center and the Student Managed Investment Fund in the USF Muma College of Business and is a board member on the Tampa Bay History Center Foundation.

George Suttles leads Commonfund’s educational-thought partnership and professional development activities as executive director of Commonfund Institute. He serves on multiple advisory boards and steering committees, including Intentional Endowments Network’s (IEN) steering committee which provides strategic guidance to the network and chairs the steering committee for the Impact Finance Center’s Diverse Manager Initiative.

Prior to joining Commonfund, Suttles was a program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation. Before joining the foundation, he was a vice president, senior philanthropic relationship manager at U.S. Trust/Bank of America. In this role he worked with private and institutional clients on issues related to best practices in governance and strategic grantmaking. Currently, he is adjunct faculty at the New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies, teaching classes on private and corporate philanthropy.

Suttles received a BA from Wesleyan University, an MA in philanthropic studies from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (IUPUI) and an MPA from Baruch CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. Suttles is currently pursuing a doctorate in education (EdD) at New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. 

Kenneth E. Redd is senior director, research and policy analysis for NACUBO. At NACUBO, Redd directs the annual NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments, the NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study, and other studies on higher education finance issues.

In addition to his work at NACUBO, Redd also serves on the board of trustees for the Meadville Lombard School of Theology in Chicago, IL, and is a member of the board of directors for the Unitarian Universalist Common Endowment Fund (UUCEF) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

Redd has a master’s degree in public affairs from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.