Katie is a Portfolio Manager at the Virginia Retirement System, focused on diversifying and opportunistic strategies. Prior to joining the VRS in 2017, Katie spent 10 years in Switzerland managing global and regional multi-asset class portfolios for Dutch pension funds and served as a co-Director of Research. She has extensive experience in manager research and selection and has also worked with diverse institutional clients, having spent the early years of her career as a specialist in manager research at Rocaton Investment Advisors (now part of Goldman Sachs) and Cambridge Associates. She has an International MBA from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in Anthropology from Colgate University.