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Rachel Minard
Partner and Executive Managing Director
Optima Fund Management
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Ms. Rachel S.L. Minard was most recently Partner, Executive Managing Director with Optima Fund Management, opening and running the firm's San Francisco office. Her responsibilities included building and managing the global institutional business and raising assets for the firm across all channels globally. Ms. Minard was also a member of the Investment Policy Committee and Chairman's Committee.
Ms. Minard has 20 years of institutional investment experience including the past 10 years building fund of hedge fund firms, notably her roles as Partner and Director of Global Marketing for Corbin Capital Partners (a firm she renamed) and Director of Marketing at Cadogan Management. Before Cadogan, Rachel was Vice President and Consultant Advisor for J.P. Morgan Investment Management and served as Director of Business Development for Dakin Partners, opening and managing their New York office. Earlier, Ms. Minard served as Assistant to the Director of Marketing and Client Service for Pareto Partners. Named "Non-Profit Marketer of the Year" (FEMM), Honored Member, Cambridge's Who's Who Among Executives (2005-2010) and a featured speaker on CNBC and global industry conferences, Ms. Minard started her marketing career in 1991 after her marketing company was hired to build the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Ms. Minard holds a B.A. degree in Journalism with honors from Northeastern University with notable distinction as a Wesley W. Marple Distinguished Lecturer (2009) and Profiles in Leadership: Business Luminaries (2006-2011) by the university. A graduate of the AIMSE/Wharton Institute, Ms. Minard serves on the PAICR Advisory Board, The World Pension Forum and the Investment Management Institute (IMI). Ms. Minard also serves on the Executive Board and is a Founding Member of the Association of Women in Alternative Investing (AWAI) and sits on the Investment Sub-Committee of the Westover School Endowment. Ms. Minard is finishing her first book, Speaking in Thumbs: The Handbook of Empathy through XENIA MEDIA Publishing. |
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