MWBE Investments and Professional Services Conference

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2025 MWBE Conference

Registration is open for our 15th annual MWBE Investments and Professional Services Conference to be held on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 at the Marriott Albany. 

The Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Investments and Professional Services Conference is designed to acquaint potential asset managers and brokers, and professional and financial service providers, with the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS).

Attendees will learn about NYSTRS’ portfolio and investment needs while also gaining greater insight into the qualifications the System expects of its business partners and our initiatives.

A Seat at the Table

This year’s conference theme, “A Seat at the Table,” celebrates the critical role of diversity, equity and inclusion in our vision of pension fund excellence and reflects our commitment to access and opportunity. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and connect with NYSTRS managing directors of each asset class – fixed income, private equity, public equities (asset managers and brokers) and real estate.

Our conference agenda offers numerous networking opportunities, enabling attendees to learn more about NYSTRS and our investment strategy, meet staff, and build a community of connections.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected].


Conference Agenda

General Registration & Check-in
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Conference Welcome
11:00 to 11:15 a.m.

Remarks from Thomas K. Lee, Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer
11:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Fireside Chat featuring Thomas K. Lee and Cathy Marcus, PGIM Real Estate
11:30 a.m. to noon

Lunch
Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Fireside Chat featuring Thomas K. Lee and Maggie Arvedlund, Turning Rock Partners
1:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Networking Session
1:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions
2:00 to 2:30 p.m.

  • Gender Equity in Finance Roundtable
  • Culture Building & DEI
  • Private Debt Seminar
  • Cont. Networking (Business Partner Tabling)

Asset Class Breakout Sessions
2:45 to 4:15p.m.

  • Private Equity
  • Fixed Income
  • Real Estate
  • Public Equities 

Closing Remarks
4:30 p.m.

  • NYSTRS hosted its 14th annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Investments and Professional Services Conference Feb. 15, with a slight twist: For the first time in its history, the event was held at the University at Albany.

    More than 200 attendees gathered for the daylong conference on the state university campus here in New York’s capital city where Chad Tredway, Head of Real Estate Americas with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, served as keynote speaker. Mr. Tredway sat down with NYSTRS’ Executive Director & CIO Thomas K. Lee for a fireside chat to discuss his career journey and the challenges faced by those looking to thrive in the field of investments.

    The conference featured sessions and booths designed to acquaint potential asset managers and brokers, and professional and financial service providers, with the Retirement System. In addition to asset class workshops hosted by NYSTRS staff – including fixed income, private equity, public equities (asset managers and brokers) and real estate – attendees also joined sessions focused on culture building and diversity, equity and inclusion; member relations – “our why”; and gender equity in asset management.

    The conference also featured many networking opportunities for attendees to introduce themselves to System staff and network with their peers.

    • Read the MWBE Asset Management and Financial Institution Strategy Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24. Prior years' reports, pursuant to Chapter 171 of the Laws of 2010, are found in our Library.
    • Refer to NYSTRS' minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) asset management and financial institution guidelines.

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