Pam Egleston
Senior VP/Legal Risk, Harvard Management Company
Pam Egleston is Senior Vice President, Legal Risk at Harvard Management Company. Pam joined HMC at the end of 2010 and currently oversees the legal aspects of HMC’s direct investments in natural resources including acquisitions, dispositions, litigation and ongoing operations. Pam also manages HMC’s anti-corruption program. Prior to joining HMC, Pam practiced law in the transactional department at WilmerHale where she counseled companies from inception through disposition including formation, ongoing corporate governance, venture capital financings, capital market transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions. Pam earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University.
Barbara Connolly Keady
Director of New Business, Ceres Partners
Barbara Connolly Keady is responsible for new business development and client relations at Ceres Partners. Most recently, Barbara was a research analyst at Southport Management, a convertible bond hedge fund based in Ct. Prior to that, she worked as an associate in the Private Wealth Management group at Morgan Stanley in NY, selling the firm's asset management services to High Net Worth individuals, endowments and foundations. Barbara started her career at Bankers Trust Company in their fixed income sales department, covering pensions, corporations and money funds in the Mid-Atlantic region. Barbara received a B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University. She serves on the Columbia Business School Admissions peer review board.
Peter C. Mertz
Chairman and CEO, Global Forest Partners
Mr. Mertz’s responsibilities include setting the strategic direction for the firm and the development and implementation of investment strategies. In addition to his responsibilities as CEO, he is Chief Investment Officer; is the chairperson of the Investment and Compensation Committees; and serves on the Boards of eight private equity timberfunds. Mr. Mertz has over forty years of forest management and investment experience. Prior to co-founding GFP, he served as Managing Director of UBS Timber Investors, the predecessor business to GFP where, since 1997, he directed the firm’s timberland investment capabilities. Mr. Mertz holds a BS in Forestry and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a Certified Forester and a member of the Society of American Foresters. He serves on the External Advisory Board at the School for the Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan; He chairs the school’s Victors for Michigan campaign committee; and has served as a member of the National Advisory Board for the Michigan Congenital Heart Center, and as a Trustee and member of the Investment Committee for the Montshire Museum of Science.
Meredith Haviland
Partner, Deputy Chair, Business Department, Foley Hoag
Meredith Haviland’s corporate practice focuses on emerging companies, investors and investment advisers. She regularly represents investors in venture capital transactions, including initial and follow-on rounds. On the company side, Meredith counsels companies across a broad spectrum of development stages and assists them with matters including formation, structure, securing venture capital financing and general corporate matters. She also regularly counsels companies in respect of strategic business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on international business transactions. In addition, Meredith advises investment advisers and private fund managers in connection with various matters, including formation of private funds (hedge, private equity and venture capital) and numerous regulatory matters. She also regularly assists non-U.S. investment managers on U.S. regulatory and securities matters.
