Natalie Jenkins Sorrell is the deputy chief investment officer for the $4.0 billion Employees’ Retirement Fund (ERF) of the City of Dallas. She is responsible for the design and implementation of the fund’s overall investment strategy and policy. Sorrell joined the Dallas ERF in 2006 and has spearheaded efforts to fulfill new private equity, private real estate, global equity, and master limited partnership allocations totaling more than $600 million.

She has also led the effort to build the Next Generation Manager Program at ERF, allocating 10 percent of the fund to smaller, newer investment managers across asset classes. Sorrell holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Robert A. Toigo Fellow, and a BA with honors from Spelman College.